Agathotoma angusta

Agathotoma angusta is an extinct species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Mangeliidae.[1]

Agathotoma angusta
Shell of † Agathoma angusta (specimen at MNHN, Paris)
Scientific classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Superfamily: Conoidea
Family: Mangeliidae
Genus: Agathotoma
Species:
A. angusta
Binomial name
Agathotoma angusta
(Jan in Bellardi, 1847)
Synonyms[1]
  • Mangilia angusta (Jan in Bellardi, 1847)
  • Pleurotoma angusta Jan in Bellardi, 1847 (original description)
  • Raphitoma angusta Bellardi, 1847

Distribution

This extinct marine species has been found in Pliocene and Tertiary strata in Lombardy, Italy.

References

  1. Bouchet, P. (2016). Agathotoma angusta (Bellardi, 1847) †. In: MolluscaBase (2015). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=867987 on 2017-02-26
  • Ceulemans, L.; Van Dingenen, F.; Landau B. M. (2018). The lower Pliocene gastropods of Le Pigeon Blanc (Loire-Atlantique, northwest France). Part 5 – Neogastropoda (Conoidea) and Heterobranchia (fine). Cainozoic Research. 18(2): 89-176


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