Agathotoma angusta is an extinct species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Mangeliidae.[1]

Agathotoma angusta
Shell of † Agathoma angusta (specimen at MNHN, Paris)
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Superfamily: Conoidea
Family: Mangeliidae
Genus: Agathotoma
Species:
A. angusta
Binomial name
Agathotoma angusta
(Jan in Bellardi, 1847)
Synonyms[1]
  • Mangilia angusta (Jan in Bellardi, 1847)
  • Pleurotoma angusta Jan in Bellardi, 1847 (original description)
  • Raphitoma angusta Bellardi, 1847

Distribution edit

This extinct marine species has been found in Pliocene and Tertiary strata in Lombardy, Italy.

References edit

  1. ^ a b Bouchet, P. (2016). Agathotoma angusta (Bellardi, 1847) †. In: MolluscaBase (2015). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=867987 on 2017-02-26
  • Ceulemans, L.; Van Dingenen, F.; Landau B. M. (2018). The lower Pliocene gastropods of Le Pigeon Blanc (Loire-Atlantique, northwest France). Part 5 – Neogastropoda (Conoidea) and Heterobranchia (fine). Cainozoic Research. 18(2): 89-176

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