Agathotoma kirshi

Agathotoma kirshi
Shells of Agathotoma kirshi (paratype in the MNHN, Paris)
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Superfamily: Conoidea
Family: Mangeliidae
Genus: Agathotoma
Species:
A. kirshi
Binomial name
Agathotoma kirshi
Rolán, Fernández-Garcés & Redfern, 2012

Agathotoma kirshi is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Mangeliidae.[1] It was first described in 1992.

Description

The length of the shell attains 9 mm.

Distribution

This species occurs in the Caribbean Sea and off the Bahamas and Turks and Caicos Islands. [2]

References

  1. ^ a b Agathotoma kirshi Rolán, Fernández-Garcés & Redfern, 2012). 23 June 2024. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species.
  2. ^ Gbif.org: Agathotoma kirshi -occurrence
  • Rolán E., Fernández-Garcés E. & Redfern C. (2012) New records and description of four new species of the genus Agathotoma (Gastropoda, Mangeliidae) in the Caribbean. Novapex 13(2): 45-62
  • "Agathotoma kirshi". Gastropods.com. Retrieved 15 January 2019.
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