Agathotoma
Encyclopedia
Agathotoma is a genus
of minute sea snail
s, marine
gastropod mollusks or micromollusk
s in the family
Mangeliidae. There are at least eighteen described species.
Genus
In biology, a genus is a low-level taxonomic rank used in the biological classification of living and fossil organisms, which is an example of definition by genus and differentia...
of minute sea snail
Sea snail
Sea snail is a common name for those snails that normally live in saltwater, marine gastropod molluscs....
s, marine
Marine (ocean)
Marine is an umbrella term. As an adjective it is usually applicable to things relating to the sea or ocean, such as marine biology, marine ecology and marine geology...
gastropod mollusks or micromollusk
Micromollusk
A micromollusk is a descriptive term for a shelled mollusk which is extremely small, even at full adult size. The word is usually, but not exclusively, applied to marine mollusks, although in addition, numerous species of land snails and freshwater mollusks also reach adult size at very small...
s in the family
Family (biology)
In biological classification, family is* a taxonomic rank. Other well-known ranks are life, domain, kingdom, phylum, class, order, genus, and species, with family fitting between order and genus. As for the other well-known ranks, there is the option of an immediately lower rank, indicated by the...
Mangeliidae. There are at least eighteen described species.
Species
Species within the genus Agathotoma include:- Agathotoma aculeaAgathotoma aculeaAgathotoma aculea is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Mangeliidae...
(Dall, 1919) - Agathotoma alcippeAgathotoma alcippeAgathotoma alcippe is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Mangeliidae....
(Dall, 1918) - Agathotoma camarinaAgathotoma camarinaAgathotoma camarina is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Mangeliidae....
(Dall, 1919) - Agathotoma candidissimaAgathotoma candidissimaAgathotoma candidissima is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Mangeliidae.-Distribution:This species occurs in the Caribbean Sea, the Gulf of Mexico and the Lesser Antilles.-References:...
(C.B. Adams, 1845) - Agathotoma densestriataAgathotoma densestriataAgathotoma densestriata is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Mangeliidae....
(C.B. Adams, 1850) - Agathotoma ecthymataAgathotoma ecthymataAgathotoma ecthymata is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Mangeliidae....
García, 2008 - Agathotoma finalisAgathotoma finalisAgathotoma finalis is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Mangeliidae.-References:* Rolán E. & Fernandes F. 1993. Aportaciones al conocimiento de la familia Turridae Swainson, 1840 en las islas de São Tomé y Príncipe . Nova Acta Científica Compostelana 3: 135–143....
Rolan & Fernandes, 1992 - Agathotoma finitimaAgathotoma finitimaAgathotoma finitima is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Mangeliidae....
(Pilsbry & Lowe, 1932) - Agathotoma hilairaAgathotoma hilairaAgathotoma hilaira is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Mangeliidae....
(Dall, 1919) - Agathotoma klasmidiaAgathotoma klasmidiaAgathotoma klasmidia is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Mangeliidae....
Shasky, 1971 - Agathotoma merliniAgathotoma merliniAgathotoma merlini is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Mangeliidae.-References:*...
(Dautzenberg, 1910) - Agathotoma neglectaAgathotoma neglectaAgathotoma neglecta is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Mangeliidae....
(Adams C. B., 1852) - Agathotoma phryneAgathotoma phryneAgathotoma phryne is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Mangeliidae....
(Dall, 1919) - Agathotoma quadriseriataAgathotoma quadriseriataAgathotoma quadriseriata is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Mangeliidae....
(Dall, 1919) - Agathotoma secalisAgathotoma secalisAgathotoma secalis is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Mangeliidae....
Shasky, 1971 - Agathotoma stellataAgathotoma stellataAgathotoma stellata is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Mangeliidae....
(Mörch, 1860) - Agathotoma subtilisAgathotoma subtilisAgathotoma subtilis is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Mangeliidae....
(Watson, 1881) - Agathotoma temporariaAgathotoma temporariaAgathotoma temporaria is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Mangeliidae....
Rolan & Otero-Schmitt, 1999