Aartsenia martensi

Aartsenia martensi
Apertural view of the shell of Aartsenia martensi
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Subclass:	Heterobranchia
Family:	Pyramidellidae
Genus:	Aartsenia
Species:	A. martensi
Binomial name
Aartsenia martensi (Dall & Bartsch, 1906)
Synonyms
Odostomia martensiDall and Bartsch, 1906 Odostomia curtaClessin, 1900 not Odostomia curtumDeshayes, 1862

Aartsenia martensi is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Pyramidellidae, the pyrams and their allies. ^{[1] [2]}

Description

The ovoid shell is heavy and yellowish white. It measures 5.3 mm. The small whorls of the protoconch are almost completely immersed in the first of the succeeding volutions. The five whorls of the teleoconch are inflated and increase rapidly in size. They are subtabulately shouldered at the summit, marked by numerous fine lines of growth and equally abundant, loosely placed, wavy spiral striations. These lines of growth and spiral markings give the surface a finely reticulated appearance when viewed under high magnifications. The periphery and base of the body whorl are decidedly rounded and inflated, marked like the space between the sutures. The aperture is large, suboval, slightly effuse anteriorly. The posterior angle is acute. The outer lip is sharp at the edge but thick within. The columella is very strong, curved, reinforced by the body whorl, from which the slightly reflected edge is separated only by a narrow line. A strong oblique fold, not completely visible when the aperture is viewed squarely, is located a little anterior to the insertion of the columella. ^[3]

Distribution

The type species was found off Killisnoo, Alaska.

References

1. Rosenberg, G. (2015). Aartsenia martensi (Dall & Bartsch, 1906). In: MolluscaBase (2015). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=740009 on 2015-12-16
2. Turgeon, D.; Quinn, J.F.; Bogan, A.E.; Coan, E.V.; Hochberg, F.G.; Lyons, W.G.; Mikkelsen, P.M.; Neves, R.J.; Roper, C.F.E.; Rosenberg, G.; Roth, B.; Scheltema, A.; Thompson, F.G.; Vecchione, M.; Williams, J.D. (1998). Common and scientific names of aquatic invertebrates from the United States and Canada: mollusks. 2nd ed. American Fisheries Society Special Publication, 26. American Fisheries Society: Bethesda, MD (USA). ISBN   1-888569-01-8. IX, 526 + cd-rom pp.
3. William Healy Dall and Paul Bartsch, "A Monograph of West American Pyramidellid Mollusks", Smithsonian Institution, 1909

• Higo, S. & Goto, Y. (1993) A Systematic List of Molluscan Shells from the Japanese Is. and the Adjacent Area. Elle Scientific Publications, Yao, Japan, xxii + 693 + 13 + 149 pp. page(s): 368

External links

• To World Register of Marine Species