Curtitoma finmarchia

Curtitoma finmarchia
Shell of Curtitoma finmarchia (holotype)
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Subclass:	Caenogastropoda
Order:	Neogastropoda
Superfamily:	Conoidea
Family:	Mangeliidae
Genus:	Curtitoma
Species:	C. finmarchia
Binomial name
Curtitoma finmarchia (Friele, 1886)
Synonyms [1]
Bela decussata var. finmarchiaFriele, 1886 (basionym) Oenopota viridula(Møller, 1842) (misidentification) Propebela viridulasensu (Møller, 1842) (misidentification)

Curtitoma finmarchia is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Mangeliidae. ^[1]

Description

(Original description) This species differs from Curtitoma decussata (Couthouy, 1839). The shell is short and ovo-fusiform (or ovoid-spindle-shaped); the whorls are faintly angulated; the strongly prominent axial ribs are not much curved. ^[2]

Distribution

This marine species occurs in the Northwest Atlantic Ocean (esp. off Norway).

References

1. Bouchet, P. (2017). Curtitoma finmarchia. In: MolluscaBase (2017). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=954953 on 2017-04-17
2. Friele H. (1886). Zoology, Mollusca II. Den Norske Nordhavs-expedition, 1876-1878, 3(16): 1-44, pl. 7-12 This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain .

• Merkuljev A.V. (2017). Taxonomic puzzle of Propebela arctica (A. Adams, 1855) (Gastropoda, Mangeliidae) - six different species under single name. Ruthenica. 27(1): 15–30 Archived 16 April 2017 at the Wayback Machine