Agathotoma prominens is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Mangeliidae.[1]

Agathotoma prominens
Shells of Agathotoma prominens (paratype 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. prominens
Binomial name
Agathotoma prominens
Rolán, Fernández-Garcés & Redfern, 2012

Distribution

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This species occurs in the Caribbean Sea off Cuba, Martinique and Guadeloupe; in the Atlantic Ocean off the Bahamas. [2]

References

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  • Rolán E., Fernández-Garcés E. & Redfern C. (2012) New records and description of four new species of the genus Agathotoma (Gastropoda, Mangeliidae) in the Caribbean. Novapex 13(2): 45-62
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  • "Agathotoma prominens". Gastropods.com. Retrieved 15 January 2019.