| Agathotoma stellata | |
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| Shell of Agathotoma stellata (specimen at the Natural History Museum Denmark) | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
| Order: | Neogastropoda |
| Superfamily: | Conoidea |
| Family: | Mangeliidae |
| Genus: | Agathotoma |
| Species: | A. stellata |
| Binomial name | |
| Agathotoma stellata (Mörch, 1860) | |
| Synonyms [1] | |
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Agathotoma stellata is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Mangeliidae. [1]
The length of the shell attains 6 mm, its diameter 2 mm.
(Original description in Latin) The orange shell is elongated with a spire that surpasses the aperture. The surface is finely striated spirally and ribbed longitudinally, with 6-7 continuous, compressed, arched, and sharp ribs on the body whorl. These ribs are transparent and create hollow spaces. The outer lip is thickened and externally flat, with a posterior section that is thickened and sinuous. The columella is covered with a fine callus. [2]
This marine species occurs from Baja Californica, Mexico, to Nicaragua and Panama and further south to Peru. [3]
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