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Aphanitoma

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Kingdom
  
Animalia

Class
  
Gastropoda

Clade
  
Hypsogastropoda

Rank
  
Genus

Phylum
  
Mollusca

Clade
  
Caenogastropoda

Clade
  
Neogastropoda

Similar
  
Cymbula compressa, Cymbula granatina, Aspa marginata, Alycaeus, Norrisia norrisii

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

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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.

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)

    • References

    Aphanitoma Wikipedia
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