| Aphanitoma | |
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| Shell of Aphanitoma locardi | |
Scientific classification  | |
| 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. [1]
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. [2]
Species within the genus Aphanitoma include:
Conoidea is a superfamily of predatory sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks within the suborder Hypsogastropoda. This superfamily is a very large group of marine mollusks, estimated at about 340 recent valid genera and subgenera, and considered by one authority to contain 4,000 named living species.
Clathurellinae was a subfamily of small to quite large sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Conidae.
Iredalea is a small genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Drilliidae.
Clinura is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Raphitomidae.
Raphitoma is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Raphitomidae.
Bela is a genus of sea snails; marine gastropod mollusks in the family Mangeliidae.
Borsoniidae is a monophyletic family of small to medium-sized sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the superfamily Conoidea.
Raphitomidae is a family of small to medium-sized sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the superfamily Conoidea.
Turridae is a taxonomic family name for a number of predatory sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the superfamily Conoidea.
Asthenotoma is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Borsoniidae.
Cordieria is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Borsoniidae.
Microdrillia crispata is an extinct species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Borsoniidae.
Sedilia is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Drilliidae.
Agathotoma angusta is an extinct species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Mangeliidae.
Bela detexta is an extinct species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Mangeliidae.
Bela hispida is an extinct species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Mangeliidae.
Bela hispidula is an extinct species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Mangeliidae.
Bela lirifera is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Mangeliidae.
Bela plicatella is an extinct species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Mangeliidae.
Belidaphne hypoglypta is an extinct species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Mangeliidae.
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