Amphissa acutecostata is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Columbellidae, the dove snails.[2]
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
| Order: | Neogastropoda |
| Family: | Columbellidae |
| Genus: | Amphissa |
| Species: | A. acutecostata
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| Binomial name | |
| Amphissa acutecostata | |
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Description edit
The length of the shell varies between 5 mm and 8 mm, its diameter between 2 mm and 3 mm.
It shows a close resemblance to Oenopota pyramidalis (Strøm, 1788) (synonym: Bela pyramidalis), but it is smaller and shorter. The spire is less acuminate. The body whorl is higher. The aperture is not as high. The shell contains less longitudinal ribs, which become obsolete at the body whorl where they are replaced by plicae.[3]
Distribution edit
This species occurs in the Bay of Biscay off France ar depths between 650 m and 1410 m.
from Norway to southern Morocco, also the Canary Islands and the Azores; Mediterranean sea. Gorringe, Josephine, Seine, Great Meteor, Hyères, Plato, Irving and Atlantis seamounts, moderately common in 250-1380 m. Antialtair seamount, extremely common in 900-1470 m. Western Atlantic, from Nova Scotia and New Jersey to North Carolina.
References edit
- ^ Philippi R. A. (1844). Enumeratio molluscorum Siciliae cum viventium tum in tellure tertiaria fossilium, quae in itinere suo observavit. Vol. 2. Eduard Anton, Halle [Halis Saxorum : iv + 303 p., pl. 13-28]. World Register of Marine Species, Retrieved 17 April 2010.
- ^ a b Amphissa acutecostata (Philippi, 1844). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 27 October 2010.
- ^ Locard A. (1899), Les coquilles marins de France, Librairie Baillière, Paris 1899
- Gofas, S.; Le Renard, J.; Bouchet, P. (2001). Mollusca, in: Costello, M.J. et al. (Ed.) (2001). European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Collection Patrimoines Naturels, 50: pp. 180–213
- Bouchet P. & Warén A. (1985). Revision of the Northeast Atlantic bathyal and abyssal Neogastropoda excluding Turridae (Mollusca, Gastropoda). Bollettino Malacologico Suppl. 1: 121–296