Agathotoma

Agathotoma is a genus of minute sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks or micromollusks in the family Mangeliidae.[1][2]

Agathotoma
Shell of Agathotoma neglecta
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Clade:	Caenogastropoda
Clade:	Hypsogastropoda
Clade:	Neogastropoda
Superfamily:	Conoidea
Family:	Mangeliidae
Genus:	Agathotoma Cossmann, 1899
Type species
† Raphitoma angusta Bellardi, 1847
Synonyms[1]
Agathothoma (wrong spelling) Ditoma Bellardi, 1875 (non Ditoma Illiger, 1807 (Coleoptera))

Description

Typical character of this genus: the spiral sculpture consists of fine, incised striae.

Species

Species within the genus Agathotoma include:

• Agathotoma aculea (Dall, 1919)[3]
• Agathotoma alcippe (Dall, 1918)[4]
• † Agathotoma angusta (Bellardi, 1847)
• Agathotoma apocrypha (Garcia, 2008)
• Agathotoma asthenika Rolán, Fernández-Garcés & Redfern, 2012
• Agathotoma camarina (Dall, 1919)[5]
• Agathotoma candidissima (C.B. Adams, 1845)[6]
• Agathotoma castellata (E.A. Smith, 1888)
• Agathotoma coxi (Fargo, 1953)
• Agathotoma ecthymata García, 2008[7]
• Agathotoma eduardoi Rolán, Fernández-Garcés & Redfern, 2012
• Agathotoma finalis Rolan & Fernandes, 1992[8]
• Agathotoma finitima (Pilsbry & Lowe, 1932)[9]
• Agathotoma hilaira (Dall, 1919)[10]
• Agathotoma kirshi Rolán, Fernández-Garcés & Redfern, 2012
• Agathotoma klasmidia Shasky, 1971[11]
• Agathotoma merlini (Dautzenberg, 1910)[12]
• Agathotoma neglecta (Adams C. B., 1852)[13]
• Agathotoma ordinaria (Smith, E.A., 1882)
• Agathotoma phryne (Dall, 1919)[14]
• Agathotoma prominens Rolán, Fernández-Garcés & Redfern, 2012
• † Agathotoma pseudolabratula Lozouet, 2015
• Agathotoma quadriseriata (Dall, 1919)[15]
• Agathotoma secalis Shasky, 1971[16]
• Agathotoma stellata (Mörch, 1860)[17]
• Agathotoma subtilis (Watson, 1881)[18]
• Agathotoma temporaria Rolan & Otero-Schmitt, 1999[19]

Species brought into synonymy

• Agathotoma badia (Reeve, 1846): synonym of Agathotoma candidissima (C. B. Adams, 1845)
• Agathotoma densestriata (C.B. Adams, 1850):[20] synonym of Agathotoma candidissima (C. B. Adams, 1845)
• Agathotoma densilineata Dall W.H., 1921: synonym of Mangelia densilineata (Dall W.H., 1921)
• Agathotoma euryclea Dall, W.H., 1919: synonym of Agathotoma alcippe (Dall, 1918)
• Agathotoma metria (Dall, 1903): synonym of Vitricythara metria (Dall, 1903)
• Agathotoma pomara W.H. Dall, 1919: synonym of Mangelia pomara (W.H. Dall, 1919)
• Agathotoma pyrrhula Dall, W.H., 1919: synonym of Agathotoma alcippe (Dall, 1918)

External links

• Bouchet, P.; Kantor, Y. I.; Sysoev, A.; Puillandre, N. (2011). A new operational classification of the Conoidea. Journal of Molluscan Studies. 77, 273-308
• Tucker, J.K. 2004 Catalog of recent and fossil turrids (Mollusca: Gastropoda). Zootaxa 682:1-1295.
• Todd, Jonathan A. "Systematic list of gastropods in the Panama Paleontology Project collections." Budd and Foster 2006 (1996)

References

1. Agathotoma Cossman, 1899. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 11 June 2012.
2. Bouchet P., Kantor Yu.I., Sysoev A. & Puillandre N. (2011) A new operational classification of the Conoidea. Journal of Molluscan Studies 77: 273-308.
3. Agathotoma aculea (Dall, 1919). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 16 April 2010.
4. Agathotoma alcippe (Dall, 1918). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 16 April 2010.
5. Agathotoma camarina (Dall, 1919). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 16 April 2010.
6. Agathotoma candidissima (C.B. Adams, 1845). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 16 April 2010.
7. Agathotoma ecthymata García, 2008. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 16 April 2010.
8. Agathotoma finalis Rolan & Fernandes, 1992. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 16 April 2010.
9. Agathotoma finitima (Pilsbry & Lowe, 1932). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 16 April 2010.
10. Agathotoma hilaira (Dall, 1919). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 16 April 2010.
11. Agathotoma klasmidia Shasky, 1971. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 16 April 2010.
12. Agathotoma merlini (Dautzenberg, 1910). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 16 April 2010.
13. Agathotoma neglecta (Adams C. B., 1852). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 16 April 2010.
14. Agathotoma phryne (Dall, 1919). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 16 April 2010.
15. Agathotoma quadriseriata (Dall, 1919). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 16 April 2010.
16. Agathotoma secalis Shasky, 1971. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 16 April 2010.
17. Agathotoma stellata (Mörch, 1860). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 16 April 2010.
18. Agathotoma subtilis (Watson, 1881). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 16 April 2010.
19. Agathotoma temporaria Rolan & Otero-Schmitt, 1999. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 16 April 2010.
20. Agathotoma densestriata (C.B. Adams, 1850). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 16 April 2010.

• Smith, E.A. (1888) Diagnoses of new species of Pleurotomidae in the British Museum. Annals and Magazine of Natural History, series 6, 2, 300–317
• Cossmann, Maurice. Essais de paléoconchologie comparée. Chez l'auteur, 1899.