Anticlimax reinaudi

Anticlimax reinaudi is a minute sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Tornidae.[1]

Anticlimax reinaudi
Shell and protoconch of Anticlimax reinaudi (holotype at the MNHN, Paris)
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Mollusca
Class:
Gastropoda
(unranked):
clade Caenogastropoda
clade Hypsogastropoda
clade Littorinimorpha
Superfamily:
Truncatelloidea
Family:
Tornidae
Genus:
Anticlimax
Species:
A. reinaudi
Binomial name
Anticlimax reinaudi
(Rubio & Rolán, 2014)

Description

Anticlimax reinaudi has a very small (<1.5 mm), depressed shell, formed by 3 whorls of rapid growth, separated by a scarcely marked suture. The ornamentation consists of spiral cords, ribs and axial striae. The shell aperture is quadrangular.[1]

Distribution

This species is only known from Vanuatu. It was found North-East of Malo Island, at depths of 13 m, on sand and dead corals.[1]

Etymology

This species is named after Guy Reinaud, President of Pro-Natura International, coorganiser with MNHN of the "Our Planet Reviewed" expeditions, during which the species was discovered in 2006.[1]

References
  1. Rubio & Rolán, 2014, p.43.
  • Rubio, F., Rolán, E. (2014). The family Tornidae in the tropical Southwest Pacific: the genus Anticlimax, in Iberus, supplement (6).
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