''Antiplanes'' is a
genus
Genus (; : genera ) is a taxonomic rank above species and below family (taxonomy), family as used in the biological classification of extant taxon, living and fossil organisms as well as Virus classification#ICTV classification, viruses. In bino ...
of
sea snail
Sea snails are slow-moving marine (ocean), marine gastropod Mollusca, molluscs, usually with visible external shells, such as whelk or abalone. They share the Taxonomic classification, taxonomic class Gastropoda with slugs, which are distinguishe ...
s, marine
gastropod
Gastropods (), commonly known as slugs and snails, belong to a large Taxonomy (biology), taxonomic class of invertebrates within the phylum Mollusca called Gastropoda ().
This class comprises snails and slugs from saltwater, freshwater, and fro ...
mollusk
Mollusca is a phylum of protostomic invertebrate animals, whose members are known as molluscs or mollusks (). Around 76,000 extant species of molluscs are recognized, making it the second-largest animal phylum after Arthropoda. The ...
s in the
family
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Pseudomelatomidae
Pseudomelatomidae is a family (biology), family of predatory sea snails, marine gastropods included in the superfamily Conoidea (previously Conacea) and part of the Neogastropoda (Taxonomy of the Gastropoda (Bouchet & Rocroi, 2005), Bouchet & Ro ...
,.
Description
(Original description) These deep-water and abyssal forms are smooth except for incremental lines and sometimes fine spiral striae. The
periostracum
The periostracum ( ) is a thin, organic coating (or "skin") that is the outermost layer of the shell of many shelled animals, including molluscs and brachiopods. Among molluscs, it is primarily seen in snails and clams, i.e. in gastropods an ...
is conspicuous and the shell disposed to be chalky. The
anal sulcus The anal sulcus, also called the anal sinus or anal canal, in Gastropods is a notch, a shelly tube at the top of the Aperture (mollusc), aperture. It is the first notch close to the Suture (anatomy), suture. It houses the anal siphon through which t ...
is shallow and more or less rounded, usually situated some distance from the suture, but not quite on the periphery of the
whorl
A whorl ( or ) is an individual circle, oval, volution or equivalent in a whorled pattern, which consists of a spiral or multiple concentric objects (including circles, ovals and arcs).
In nature
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. The
siphonal canal
The siphonal canal is an anatomical feature of the shells of certain groups of sea snails within the clade Neogastropoda. Some sea marine gastropods have a soft tubular anterior extension of the mantle called a siphon through which water i ...
is rather wide and long and often a little recurved. The
aperture
In optics, the aperture of an optical system (including a system consisting of a single lens) is the hole or opening that primarily limits light propagated through the system. More specifically, the entrance pupil as the front side image o ...
is unarmed. There are both dextral and sinistral species.
Species
Species within the genus ''Antiplanes'' include:
* ''
Antiplanes abarbarea
''Antiplanes abarbarea'' is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Pseudomelatomidae,.
Description
The length of the shell attains 21.5 mm, its diameter 8 mm.
(Original description) The whitish, acute shell ...
''
Dall, 1919
* ''
Antiplanes abyssalis''
Kantor & Sysoev, 1991
* ''
Antiplanes amphitrite
''Antiplanes amphitrite'' is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Pseudomelatomidae,.
These is one subspecies: ''Antiplanes amphitrite beroë'' Dall, 1919: it is larger (height 19 mm, diameter 9 mm.), with t ...
''
Dall, 1919
* ''
Antiplanes antigone
''Antiplanes antigone'' is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Pseudomelatomidae.
Description
The height of the shell attains , its diameter .
(Original description) The solid, white shell has an olivaceous periost ...
''
(Dall, 1919)
* ''
Antiplanes briseis
''Antiplanes briseis'' is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Pseudomelatomidae.
Description
The length of the shell attains , its diameter .
(Original description) The elongate, acute, white shell is covered with ...
''
Dall, 1919
* ''
Antiplanes bulimoides
''Antiplanes bulimoides'' is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Pseudomelatomidae.
Description
The length of the shell is 31 mm, its diameter 15 mm.
(Original description) The elongate shell is decollate ...
''
Dall, 1919
* ''
Antiplanes catalinae
''Antiplanes catalinae'' is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family (biology), family Pseudomelatomidae.
Description
The length of the shell attains 27 mm, its diameter 7.6 mm.
(Original description) The sini ...
''
(Raymond, 1904)
* ''
Antiplanes delicatus''
Okutani & Iwahori, 1992:
* ''
Antiplanes dendritoplicata''
Kantor & Sysoev, 1991
* ''
Antiplanes diomedea
''Antiplanes diomedea'' is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Pseudomelatomidae.
Description
The length of the shell attains 40.2 mm, its diameter 15.8 mm.
Distribution
This species occurs in the Pacifi ...
''
Bartsch, 1944
* ''
Antiplanes habei''
Kantor & Sysoev, 1991
* ''
Antiplanes isaotakii''
(Habe, 1958)
* ''
Antiplanes kurilensis''
Kantor & Sysoev, 1991
* ''
Antiplanes litus
''Antiplanes litus'' is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Pseudomelatomidae.
Description
The length of the shell attains 16 mm; its diameter 5 mm.
(Original description) The slender, white, acute shell ...
''
Dall, 1919
* ''
Antiplanes motojimai''
(Habe, 1958)
* ''
Antiplanes obesus
''Antiplanes obesus'' is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Pseudomelatomidae.
Description
The length of the shell is up to 45 mm.
Distribution
This marine species occurs off Japan and the Kurile Islands, Ru ...
''
Ozaki, 1958
* ''
Antiplanes obliquiplicata''
Kantor & Sysoev, 1991
* ''
Antiplanes profundicola
''Antiplanes profundicola'' is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Pseudomelatomidae.
Description
The length of the shell attains 30 mm, its diameter 10.4 mm.
Distribution
This marine species occurs from ...
''
Bartsch, 1944
* ''
Antiplanes sanctiioannis
''Antiplanes sanctiioannis'' is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Pseudomelatomidae, the turrids.
Description
The length of the shell varies between 20 mm and 40 mm; maximum diameter 14 mm.
The fus ...
''
(Smith E. A., 1875)
* ''
Antiplanes spirinae''
Kantor & Sysoev, 1991
* ''
Antiplanes thalaea''
(Dall, 1902)
* ''
Antiplanes vinosa
''Antiplanes vinosa'', common name the left-handed turrid, is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Pseudomelatomidae.
Description
The length of this sinistral shell attains 30 mm.
Distribution
This marine spec ...
''
(Dall, 1874)
* † ''
Antiplanes voyi''
(Gabb, 1866)
* ''
Antiplanes yukiae''
(Shikama, 1962)
;Species brought into synonymy:
* ''Antiplanes agamedea''
Dall, 1919: synonym of ''
Spirotropis agamedea''
(Dall, 1919)
* ''Antiplanes amycus''
Dall, 1919: synonym of ''
Leucosyrinx kantori''
McLean, 1995
* ''Antiplanes beringi''
(Aurivillius, 1885): synonym of ''
Antiplanes sanctiioannis
''Antiplanes sanctiioannis'' is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Pseudomelatomidae, the turrids.
Description
The length of the shell varies between 20 mm and 40 mm; maximum diameter 14 mm.
The fus ...
''
(Smith E. A., 1875)
* ''Antiplanes catalinae contraria''
Yokoyama, 1926: synonym of ''Antiplanes vinosa''
(Dall, 1874)
* ''Antiplanes contraria''
(Yokoyama, 1926): synonym of ''Antiplanes vinosa''
(Dall, 1874)
* ''Antiplanes diaulax''
(Dall, 1908): synonym of ''
Rhodopetoma diaulax''
(Dall, 1908)
* ''Antiplanes diomedia''
ic synonym of ''Antiplanes diomedea''
Bartsch, 1944
* ''Antiplanes gabbi''
Kantor & Sysoev, 1991: synonym of ''Antiplanes catalinae''
(Raymond, 1904)
* ''Antiplanes hyperia''
Dall, 1919: synonym of ''
Pseudotaranis hyperia''
(Dall, 1919)
* ''Antiplanes kamchatica''
Dall, 1919: synonym of ''Antiplanes vinosa''
(Dall, 1874)
* ''Antiplanes kawamurai''
(Habe, 1958): synonym of ''Antiplanes obesus''
Ozaki, 1958
* ''Antiplanes major''
Bartsch, 1944: synonym of ''Antiplanes catalinae''
(Raymond, 1904)
* ''Antiplanes perversus''
(Gabb, 1865): synonym of ''Antiplanes catalinae''
(Raymond, 1904)
* ''Antiplanes piona''
Dall, 1902: synonym of ''Antiplanes sanctiioannis''
(Smith, 1875)
* ''Antiplanes rotula''
Dall, 1921: synonym of ''Antiplanes thalaea''
(Dall, 1902)
* ''Antiplanes sadoensis''
Yokoyama, 1926: synonym of ''Antiplanes sanctiioannis''
(Smith, 1875)
* ''Antiplanes santarosana''
(Dall, 1902): synonym of ''Antiplanes thalaea''
(Dall, 1902)
* ''Antiplanes voyi'' sensu
Abbott, 1974: synonym of ''Antiplanes catalinae''
(Raymond, 1904)
* ''Antiplanes willetti''
Berry, 1953: synonym of ''Antiplanes thalaea''
(Dall, 1902)
* ''Antiplanes yessoensis''
Dall, 1925: synonym of ''Antiplanes sanctiioannis''
(Smith E. A., 1875)
References
* McLean J.H. (1996). ''The Prosobranchia. In: Taxonomic Atlas of the Benthic Fauna of the Santa Maria Basin and Western Santa Barbara Channel. The Mollusca Part 2'' – The Gastropoda. Santa Barbara Museum of Natural History. volume 9: 1-160
* Shikama T. (1977). ''Descriptions of new and noteworthy Gastropoda from western Pacific and Indian Oceans''. Science Reports of the Yokohama National University, section II (Geology). 24: 1-23, 5 pls
External links
Bartsch, P, Some turrid mollusks of Monterey Bay and vicinity; Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington, v. 57 p. 57-68*
Bouchet, P.; Kantor, Y. I.; Sysoev, A.; Puillandre, N. (2011). ''A new operational classification of the Conoidea (Gastropoda).'' Journal of Molluscan Studies. 77(3): 273-308
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Pseudomelatomidae
Gastropod genera