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Aphanitoma
Shell of Aphanitoma locardi
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Subclass:	Caenogastropoda
Order:	Neogastropoda
Superfamily:	Conoidea
Family:	Borsoniidae
Genus:	Aphanitoma Bellardi, 1875

Aphanitoma is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Borsoniidae.

Description

The shell has a fusiform shape. The sinus is scarcely apparent. The biplicate columella is nearly straight. The canal is rather short and slightly curved.

Species

Species within the genus Aphanitoma include:

• Aphanitoma locardi Bavay, 1906
• Aphanitoma mariottinii Smriglio, Rufini & Martin Perez, 2001
• † Aphanitoma targioniana (D'Ancona, 1873) : a little known species from the bathyal malacofauna of the upper Pliocene from Romagna (N-Italy)

References

1. Bouchet, P.; Gofas, S. (2015). Aphanitoma Bellardi, 1875. In: MolluscaBase (2015). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=181080 on 2016-02-08
2. G.W. Tryon (1884) Manual of Conchology, structural and systematic, with illustrations of the species, vol. VI; Philadelphia, Academy of Natural Sciences
3. Cesare Tabanelli, III CONTRIBUTO ALLA CONOSCENZA"DELLA MALACOFAUNA BATIALE DBL PLIOCENE DI ROMAGNA: ACLIS BARTOLOMEAE N. SP; QUAD. STUDI NAL ROMAGNA, T: 7-15, MAGGIO 1997 rssN 1 12s-6r8

• Bellardi (1875), Bullettino della Societa malacologica italiana p. 22

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

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