Acremodonta
Acremodonta is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Ataphridae.[2]
| Acremodonta | |
|---|---|
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Vetigastropoda |
| Family: | Ataphridae |
| Genus: | Acremodonta B. A. Marshall, 1983 [1] |
| Type species | |
| Thoristella crassicosta Powell, 1937 | |
The radula of species in this genus have very long and narrow teeth and dendritic cusps that are repeatedly divided.[3]
References
- Marshall 1983 Record natn. Mus. N.Z. 2 (10): 127.
- Trochaclis . Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 21 June 2012.
- Robert Robertson, The Edible West Indian "Whelk" Cittarium pica (Gastropoda: Trochidae): Natural History with New Observations, Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia, Vol. 153, Dec., 2003
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