Ariadnaria conica

Ariadnaria conica
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Subclass:	Caenogastropoda
Order:	Littorinimorpha
Family:	Capulidae
Genus:	Ariadnaria
Species:	A. conica
Binomial name
Ariadnaria conica (Møller, 1842)
Synonyms [1]
Trichotropis conicaMøller, 1842 (original combination) Trichotropis conicusMøller, 1842 (wrong grammatical agreement of epithet)

Ariadnaria conica is a species of small sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Capulidae, the cap snails. ^[1]

Description

The length of the shell attains 16 mm.

(Original description in Latin) This sub-conical, sub-umbilicated yellow shell has six angular whorls. The first is somewhat rounded, while the body whorl is more swollen, adorned with elevated longitudinal lines. Among these lines, two stand out prominently, and the lower part of these lines sharply separates the base from the upper part of the shell. ^[2]

Distribution

The holotype was found off western Greenland. Further distribution: from Japan Sea to Chukchi Sea, southwestern Barents Sea and the Laptev Sea at depths down to 200 m; also off Alaska.

References

1. Ariadnaria conica (Møller, 1842) . 4 November 2025. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species .
2. Møller, H.P.C. (1842). "Index Molluscorum Groenlandiae". Naturhistorisk Tidsskrift. 4 (1): 85. Retrieved 4 November 2025. This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain .

• Clark, R.N. (2022). Three new trichotropid gastropods (Capulidae: Trichotopinae) from Alaska. The Festivus. 54(2): 174-178.

External links

• Kantor Yu.I. & Sysoev A.V. (2006). Marine and brackish water Gastropoda of Russia and adjacent countries: an illustrated catalogue. Moscow: KMK Scientific Press.
• marinespecies.org: image