''Agathotoma apocrypha'' is a species of

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, a marine

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in the family Mangeliidae.

Distribution

This species occurs in the Caribbean Sea off Mexico and

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References

* García E.F. 2008. ''Eight new molluscan species'' (Gastropoda: Turridae) from the western Atlantic, with description of two new genera. Novapex 9(1): 1-15 * Rolán E., Fernández-Garcés E. & Redfern C. (2012) ''New records and description of four new species of the genus Agathotoma (Gastropoda, Mangeliidae) in the Caribbean''. Novapex 13(2): 45-62

External links

Bailey-Matthews National Shell Museum: image
apocrypha Gastropods described in 2008 {{Mangeliidae-stub