Agathotoma

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Agathotoma

Agathotoma is a genus of minute sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks or micromollusks in the family Mangeliidae.[1][2]

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Agathotoma
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Shell of Agathotoma neglecta
Scientific classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Superfamily: Conoidea
Family: Mangeliidae
Genus: Agathotoma
Cossmann, 1899
Type species
Raphitoma angusta Bellardi, 1847
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Synonyms[1]
  • Cytharella (Agathotoma) Cossmann, 1899
  • Agathothoma (wrong spelling)
  • Ditoma Bellardi, 1875 (non Ditoma Illiger, 1807 (Coleoptera))
  • Mangelia (Ditoma) Bellardi, 1877 (Invalid: junior homonym of Ditoma Illiger, 1807 [Coleoptera]; Agathotoma is a replacement name
  • Mangilia (Agathotoma) Cossmann, 1899 (original rank)
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Description

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

Species

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Perspective

Species within the genus Agathotoma include:

Species brought into synonymy
  • Agathotoma badia (Reeve, 1846): synonym of Agathotoma candidissima (C. B. Adams, 1845)
  • Agathotoma densestriata (C.B. Adams, 1850):[20] 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 (W.H. Dall, 1919)
  • Agathotoma pyrrhula Dall, W.H., 1919: synonym of Agathotoma alcippe (Dall, 1918)
  • Agathotoma trilineata (C. B. Adams, 1845): synonym of Tenaturris trilineata (C. B. Adams, 1845)

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