Antiplanes diomedea

Antiplanes diomedea is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Pseudomelatomidae.[1]

Antiplanes diomedea
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Superfamily: Conoidea
Family: Pseudomelatomidae
Genus: Antiplanes
Species:
A. diomedea
Binomial name
Antiplanes diomedea
Bartsch, 1944
Synonyms[1]

Antiplanes diomedia [sic] (misspelling)

Description

The length of the shell attains 40.2 mm, its diameter 15.8 mm.

Distribution

This species occurs in the Pacific Ocean off California, USA.

References

  • Abbott R. T. (1974). American seashells. The marine Mollusca of the Atlantic and Pacific coast of North America. ed. 2. Van Nostrand, New York. 663 pp., 24 pls
  • Bartsch, P, Some turrid mollusks of Monterey Bay and vinicity; Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington, v. 57 pp. 57–68
  • Tucker, J.K. (2004). "Catalog of recent and fossil turrids (Mollusca: Gastropoda)" (PDF). Zootaxa. 682: 1–1295.
  • "Antiplanes diomedea". Gastropods.com. Retrieved 15 January 2019.


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