Aphanitoma
| Aphanitoma | |
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| Shell of Aphanitoma locardi | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
| Order: | Neogastropoda |
| Superfamily: | Conoidea |
| Family: | Borsoniidae |
| Genus: | Aphanitoma Bellardi, 1875 |
Aphanitoma is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Borsoniidae.[1]
Description[edit]
The shell has a fusiform shape. The sinus is scarcely apparent. The biplicate columella is nearly straight. The canal is rather short and slightly curved.[2]
Species[edit]
Species within the genus Aphanitoma include:
- Aphanitoma locardi Bavay, 1906
- Aphanitoma mariottinii Smriglio, Rufini & Martin Perez, 2001
- † Aphanitoma targioniana (D'Ancona, 1873) : a little known species from the bathyal malacofauna of the upper Pliocene from Romagna (N-Italy) [3]
References[edit]
- ^ Bouchet, P.; Gofas, S. (2015). Aphanitoma Bellardi, 1875. In: MolluscaBase (2015). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=181080 on 2016-02-08
- ^ G.W. Tryon (1884) Manual of Conchology, structural and systematic, with illustrations of the species, vol. VI; Philadelphia, Academy of Natural Sciences
- ^ Cesare Tabanelli, III CONTRIBUTO ALLA CONOSCENZA"DELLA MALACOFAUNA BATIALE DBL PLIOCENE DI ROMAGNA: ACLIS BARTOLOMEAE N. SP; QUAD. STUDI NAL ROMAGNA, T: 7-15, MAGGIO 1997 rssN 1 12s-6r8
- Bellardi (1875), Bullettino della Societa malacologica italiana p. 22
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