Aphanitoma is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Borsoniidae.[1]
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:
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
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
Retrieved from "http://en.wikipedia.org/"
All text is available under the terms of the GNU Free Documentation License
