Amaea brunneopicta

Amaea brunneopicta
Shell of Amaea brunneopicta (holotype at the Smithsonian Institution)
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Subclass:	Caenogastropoda
Family:	Epitoniidae
Genus:	Amaea
Species:	A. brunneopicta
Binomial name
Amaea brunneopicta Dall, 1908)
Synonyms
Eccliseogyra nebulosa(Dall, 1919) Eglisia nebulosaDall, 1919 junior subjective synonym Epitonium (Ferminoscala) brunneopictumDall, 1908 Epitonium brunneopictumDall, 1908

Amaea brunneopicta is a species of predatory sea snails, marine prosobranch gastropod mollusks in the family Epitoniidae. ^[1]

Description

The shell grows to a length of 37 mm, its maximum diameter is 10 mm.

(Original description) The shell is slender and acute. It is pale brown with a broad peripheral band and a basal disk of darker brown. It consists of approximately eleven whorls, excluding the missing protoconch. Its sculpture mirrors that of Amaea ferminiana , with three primary and about six secondary spirals between the sutures, accompanied by fine spiral striae. The axial lamellae are small, sharp, and regularly spaced, with around thirty-six on the penultimate whorl, appearing as delicate whitish lines on the brown surface. The basal disk is distinctly threaded with sharp spirals and is slightly elevated. ^[2]

Distribution

This marine species occurs in the Pacific Ocean off Lower California, USA; also off Mexico, Panama and Colombia. ^[3]

References

1. Amaea brunneopicta (Dall, 1908) . 9 September 2024. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species .
2. • Dall, W.H. (1908). "Reports on the dredging operations off the west coast of Central America to the Galapagos, to the west coast of Mexico, and in the Gulf of California, in charge of Alexander Agassiz, carried on by the U.S. Fish Commission steamer "Albatross," during 1891, Lieut.-Commander Z.L. Tanner, U.S.N., commanding. XXXVII. Reports on the scientific results of the expedition to the eastern tropical Pacific, in charge of Alexander Agassiz, by the U.S. Fish Commission steamer "Albatross", from October, 1904 to March, 1905, Lieut.-Commander L.M. Garrett, U.S.N., commanding. XIV. The Mollusca and Brachiopoda". Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology. 43 (6): 315. Retrieved 29 September 2024. This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain .
3. Gbif.org: Amaea brunneopicta - distribution

External links

• Dall, W.H. (1919). "Descriptions of new species of Mollusca from the North Pacific Ocean in the collection of the United States National Museum". Proceedings of the United States National Museum. 56 (2295): 348.