Agathotoma neglecta

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

Agathotoma neglecta
Shell of Agathotoma neglecta
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Superfamily: Conoidea
Family: Mangeliidae
Genus: Agathotoma
Species:
A. neglecta
Binomial name
Agathotoma neglecta
(Adams C. B., 1852)
Synonyms[1]
  • Defrancia despecta Adams, H.G. & A. Adams, 1853
  • Mangelia neglecta Adams C. B., 1852

Description

The length of the shell varies between 5 mm and 7.5 mm.

The ribs are rounded, approximated, transversely elevately striated. The color of the shell is rusty brown.[2]

Distribution

This species occurs in the Pacific Ocean off Panama.

References
  1. Agathotoma neglecta (Adams C. B., 1852). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 7 August 2011.
  2. G.W. Tryon (1884) Manual of Conchology, structural and systematic, with illustrations of the species, vol. VI; Philadelphia, Academy of Natural Sciences
  • Adams, C. B. "Catalogue of shells collected at Panama, with notes on synonymy, station, and habitat." Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences 5.1 (1852): 229-549.
  • Tucker, J.K. 2004 Catalog of recent and fossil turrids (Mollusca: Gastropoda). Zootaxa 682:1-1295.
  • "Agathotoma neglecta". Gastropods.com. Retrieved 15 January 2019.


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