Aphanitoma

Aphanitoma is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Borsoniidae.[1]

Aphanitoma
Shell of Aphanitoma locardi
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Superfamily: Conoidea
Family: Borsoniidae
Genus: Aphanitoma
Bellardi, 1875

Description

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

Species within the genus Aphanitoma include:

References

  • Bellardi (1875), Bullettino della Societa malacologica italiana p. 22


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