Agathotoma neglecta

Agathotoma neglecta
Shell of Agathotoma neglecta
Scientific classification
Kingdom:Animalia
Phylum:Mollusca
Class:Gastropoda
Clade:Caenogastropoda
Clade:Hypsogastropoda
Clade:Neogastropoda
Superfamily:Conoidea
Family:Mangeliidae
Genus:Agathotoma
Species: A. neglecta
Binomial name
Agathotoma neglecta
(Adams C. B., 1852)
Synonyms[1]
  • Defrancia despecta Adams, H.G. & A. Adams, 1853
  • Mangelia neglecta Adams C. B., 1852

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

Description

The length of the shell varies between 5 mm and 7.5 mm.

The ribs are rounded, approximated, transversely elevately striated. The color of the shell is rusty brown.[2]

Distribution

This species occurs in the Pacific Ocean off Panama.

References

  1. 1 2 Agathotoma neglecta (Adams C. B., 1852).  Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 7 August 2011.
  2. ↑ G.W. Tryon (1884) Manual of Conchology, structural and systematic, with illustrations of the species, vol. VI; Philadelphia, Academy of Natural Sciences
  • Adams, C. B. "Catalogue of shells collected at Panama, with notes on synonymy, station, and habitat." Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences 5.1 (1852): 229-549.


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