Agathotoma finitima

Agathotoma finitima is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Mangeliidae.[1]

Agathotoma finitima
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Clade: Caenogastropoda
Clade: Hypsogastropoda
Clade: Neogastropoda
Superfamily: Conoidea
Family: Mangeliidae
Genus: Agathotoma
Species:
A. finitima
Binomial name
Agathotoma finitima
(Pilsbry & Lowe, 1932)
Synonyms[1]

Cytharella finitima Pilsbry & Lowe, 1932

Description

The length of the shell attains 6 mm, its diameter 2.3 mm.

Distribution

This species occurs in the Pacific Ocean from Nicaragua to Peru.[2]

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References

  • Pilsbry, Henry Augustus, and Herbert N. Lowe. "West Mexican and Central American mollusks collected by HN Lowe, 1929-31." Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia (1932): 33-144.
  • Tucker, J.K. 2004 Catalog of recent and fossil turrids (Mollusca: Gastropoda). Zootaxa 682:1-1295.
  • "Agathotoma finitima". Gastropods.com. Retrieved 15 January 2019.


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