''Agathotoma'' is a genus of minute

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Description

Typical character of this genus: the spiral sculpture consists of fine, incised striae.

Species

Species within the genus ''Agathotoma'' include: * '' Agathotoma aculea'' (Dall, 1919) * ''

Agathotoma alcippe ''Agathotoma alcippe'' is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family (biology), family Mangeliidae. Description The length of the shell varies between 5 mm and 11 mm. (Original description) The minute shell, whic ...

'' (Dall, 1918) * † '' Agathotoma angusta'' (Bellardi, 1847) * '' Agathotoma apocrypha'' (Garcia, 2008) * '' Agathotoma asthenika'' Rolán, Fernández-Garcés & Redfern, 2012 * '' Agathotoma camarina'' (Dall, 1919) * '' Agathotoma candidissima'' (C.B. Adams, 1845) * '' Agathotoma castellata'' (E.A. Smith, 1888) * '' Agathotoma coxi'' (Fargo, 1953) * '' Agathotoma ecthymata'' García, 2008 * '' Agathotoma eduardoi'' Rolán, Fernández-Garcés & Redfern, 2012 * † '' Agathotoma estherae'' Landau, Harzhauser & Giannuzzi-Savelli, 2023 * '' Agathotoma finalis'' Rolan & Fernandes, 1992 * '' Agathotoma finitima'' (Pilsbry & Lowe, 1932) * '' Agathotoma guadalupensis'' Espinosa & Ortea, 2017 * '' Agathotoma hilaira'' (Dall, 1919) * '' Agathotoma kirshi'' Rolán, Fernández-Garcés & Redfern, 2012 * '' Agathotoma klasmidia'' Shasky, 1971 * ''

Agathotoma merlini ''Agathotoma merlini'' is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Mangeliidae. First described in 1910, its species name refers to Martial Henri Merlin, governor-general of French Congo. Description The size of the shel ...

'' (Dautzenberg, 1910) * '' Agathotoma neglecta'' (Adams C. B., 1852) * ''

Agathotoma ordinaria ''Agathotoma ordinaria'' is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Mangeliidae. Description The length of the shell attains 7.5 mm, its diameter 2.5 mm. The turreted shell has an oblong shape and contains ...

'' (Smith, E.A., 1882) * † '' Agathotoma pherousae'' (Glibert, 1960) * '' Agathotoma phryne'' (Dall, 1919) * '' Agathotoma prominens'' Rolán, Fernández-Garcés & Redfern, 2012 * † '' Agathotoma pseudolabratula'' Lozouet, 2015 * '' Agathotoma quadriseriata'' (Dall, 1919) * '' Agathotoma secalis'' Shasky, 1971 * '' Agathotoma stellata'' (Mörch, 1860) * † '' Agathotoma subfoliata'' (O. Boettger, 1902) * '' Agathotoma subtilis'' (Watson, 1881) * '' Agathotoma temporaria'' Rolan & Otero-Schmitt, 1999 * † '' Agathotoma vanualevensis'' Ladd, 1982 ;Species brought into synonymy: * ''Agathotoma badia'' (Reeve, 1846): synonym of ''Agathotoma candidissima'' (C. B. Adams, 1845) * ''Agathotoma densestriata'' (C.B. Adams, 1850): synonym of ''Agathotoma candidissima'' (C. B. Adams, 1845) * ''Agathotoma densilineata'' Dall W.H., 1921: synonym of '' Mangelia densilineata'' (Dall W.H., 1921) * ''Agathotoma euryclea'' Dall, W.H., 1919: synonym of ''Agathotoma alcippe'' (Dall, 1918) * ''Agathotoma metria'' (Dall, 1903): synonym of '' Vitricythara metria'' (Dall, 1903) * ''Agathotoma pomara'' W.H. Dall, 1919: synonym of ''

Mangelia pomara ''Mangelia pomara'' is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Mangeliidae.Tenaturris trilineata ''Tenaturris trilineata'' is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Mangeliidae. Description The length of the shell attains 6.5 mm. The shell is narrowly shouldered and contains 6½ whorls. It shows small, cl ...

'' (C. B. Adams, 1845)

References

* Ramírez, R.; Paredes, C.; Arenas, J. (2003). Moluscos del Perú. Revista de Biología Tropical. 51(supplement 3): 225-284.

External links

Bellardi, L. (1877). I molluschi dei terreni terziarii del Piemonte e della Liguria. Parte II (Pleurotomidae). Stamperia Reale, Torino, 364 pp., 9 pl

Smith, E.A. (1888) Diagnoses of new species of Pleurotomidae in the British Museum. Annals and Magazine of Natural History, series 6, 2, 300–317

Cossmann, Maurice. ''Essais de paléoconchologie comparée.'' Chez l'auteur, 1899

Bouchet, P.; Kantor, Y. I.; Sysoev, A.; Puillandre, N. (2011). ''A new operational classification of the Conoidea''. Journal of Molluscan Studies. 77, 273-308
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