Akritogyra conspicua

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Akritogyra conspicua
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Shell of Akritogyra conspicua (specimen at the Natural History Museum Rotterdam)
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Vetigastropoda
Genus: Akritogyra
Species:
A. conspicua
Binomial name
Akritogyra conspicua
(Monterosato, 1880) [1]
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Synonyms
  • Cyclostrema conspicuumMonterosato, 1880 (original combination)
  • Cyclostrema valvatoidesDi Geronimo & Bellagamba 1986
  • Tubiola (Tubiola) conspicuaSchirò 1971

Akritogyra conspicua is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk, unassigned in the superfamily Seguenzioidea. [2]

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Description

The size of the shell varies between 1.3 mm and 2 mm; average diameter 1.4 mm.

(Original description in Italian by Monterosato) This species is similar in shape and size to Cyclostrema basistriatumJeffreys, 1877 (synonym of Skenea basistriata (Jeffreys, 1877) ) which is Norwegian, but the shell is completely smooth instead of striated and with deeper suture. [1]

Distribution

This species occurs in deep waters in Central and Western Mediterranean Sea, at depths between 100 m and 2400 m. [3]

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References

  1. 1 2 Monterosato, T.A. di (1880). "Conchiglie della zona degli abissi". Bullettino della Società Malacologica Italiana. 6 (1–4): 50–82. Retrieved 3 July 2024.PD-icon.svg This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain .
  2. Akritogyra conspicua (Monterosato, 1880) . Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species  on 26 March 2013.
  3. Akritogyra, conspicua. "Akritogyra conspicua". Gbif.org. Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Retrieved 2 July 2024.