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Agathotoma stellata

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Agathotoma stellata
Shell of Agathotoma stellata (specimen at the Natural History Museum Denmark)
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Superfamily: Conoidea
Family: Mangeliidae
Genus: Agathotoma
Species:
A. stellata
Binomial name
Agathotoma stellata
(Mörch, 1860)
Synonyms[1]
  • Pleurotoma (Mangelia) stellata Moerch, 1860
  • Stellatoma hippolita W.H. Dall, 1919
  • Stellatoma taeniornata H.A. Pilsbry & H.N. Lowe, 1932

Agathotoma stellata is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Mangeliidae.[1]

Description

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The length of the shell attains 6 mm, its diameter 2 mm.

(Original description in Latin) The orange shell is elongated with a spire that surpasses the aperture. The surface is finely striated spirally and ribbed longitudinally, with 6-7 continuous, compressed, arched, and sharp ribs on the body whorl. These ribs are transparent and create hollow spaces. The outer lip is thickened and externally flat, with a posterior section that is thickened and sinuous. The columella is covered with a fine callus. [2]

Distribution

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This marine species occurs from Baja Californica, Mexico, to Nicaragua and Panama and further south to Peru.[3]

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