''Aphanitoma locardi'' is a species of
sea snail
Sea snail is a common name for slow-moving marine gastropod molluscs, usually with visible external shells, such as whelk or abalone. They share the taxonomic class Gastropoda with slugs, which are distinguished from snails primarily by the ...
, a marine
gastropod
The gastropods (), commonly known as snails and slugs, belong to a large taxonomic class of invertebrates within the phylum Mollusca called Gastropoda ().
This class comprises snails and slugs from saltwater, from freshwater, and from land. T ...
mollusk in the
family Borsoniidae
Borsoniidae is a monophyletic family of small to medium-sized sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the superfamily Conoidea.Bouchet, P. (2011). Borsoniidae. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.o ...
.
[Gofas, S. (2015). Aphanitoma locardi Bavay, 1906. In: MolluscaBase (2015). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=181082 on 2016-02-08]
Description
The height of the shell attains 11 mm.
Distribution
This marine species occurs off Western
Morocco and southwestern
Portugal.
References
* Bavay A. (1906). ''Mollusques trouvés dans les résidus de dragages du Travailleur''. Bulletin du Muséum d'Histoire Naturelle 12: 547–549
* Sykes E. R., 1911: ''On the Mollusca procured during the Porcupine expeditions. Supplementary notes, part IV'' ; Proceedings of the Malacological Society of London 9: 331–348
External links
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Aphanitoma
Gastropods described in 1906