Atomiscala xenophyes

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Atomiscala xenophyes
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Shell of Atomiscala xenophyes (holotype)
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Family: Cimidae
Genus: Atomiscala
Species:
A. xenophyes
Binomial name
Atomiscala xenophyes
(Melvill & Standen, 1912)
Synonyms [1]
  • Eulimella xenophyes(Melvill & Standen, 1912)
  • Turbonilla xenophyesMelvill & Standen, 1912 (original combination)

Atomiscala xenophyes is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Cimidae. [1]

Contents

According to a study published in November 2011 in Zootaxa, this species does not belong in Eulimella. [2]

Description

The shell grows to a length of 2. 75 mm.

(Original description in Latin) The shell is aciculate-fusiform (needle- to spindle-shaped), delicate and slightly translucent. It is milky white to pale straw-colored, with a subtle sheen. It is composed of nine whorls: the apical whorls are bulbous and swollen, gently heterostrophic; the subsequent whorls slightly ventricose, with distinctly impressed sutures. When viewed under magnification, the surface shows extremely fine longitudinal lirae, though in some specimens these are nearly or completely obsolete. The aperture is oval. The peristome is thin. The columella is simple. [3]

Distribution

This marine species occurs off Argentina and Tierra del Fuego.

References

  1. 1 2 "Atomiscala xenophyes". WoRMS. World Register of Marine Species . Retrieved 28 June 2021.
  2. ↑ Pimenta A.D., F.N. dos Santos & R.S. Absalão (2011) Taxonomic revision of the genus Eulimella (Gastropoda, Pyramidellidae) from Brazil, with description of three new species. Zootaxa 3063: 22-38; ISSN   1175-5334
  3. ↑ Melvill, J. C. & Standen, R. (1912). "The marine Mollusca of the Scottish National Antarctic Expedition. Part II. Being a supplementary catalogue". Transactions of the Royal Society of Edinburgh. 48 (18): 353. Retrieved 29 December 2025.{{cite journal}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)PD-icon.svg This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain .
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