Aphanitoma locardi is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Borsoniidae.[1]
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| Shell of Aphanitoma locardi (holotype in the MNHN, Paris) | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
| Order: | Neogastropoda |
| Superfamily: | Conoidea |
| Family: | Borsoniidae |
| Genus: | Aphanitoma |
| Species: | A. locardi
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| Binomial name | |
| Aphanitoma locardi Bavay, 1906
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Description
editThe height of the shell attains 11 mm. It is often a light brown color and shaped like a cone with a swirling pattern on the top.
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Distribution
editThis marine species occurs off Western Morocco and southwestern Portugal.
References
edit- ^ a b Gofas, S. (2015). Aphanitoma locardi Bavay, 1906. In: MolluscaBase (2015). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=181082 on 2016-02-08
- Bavay A. (1906). Mollusques trouvés dans les résidus de dragages du Travailleur. Bulletin du Muséum d'Histoire Naturelle 12: 547–549
- Sykes E. R., 1911: On the Mollusca procured during the Porcupine expeditions. Supplementary notes, part IV ; Proceedings of the Malacological Society of London 9: 331–348
External links
edit- "Aphanitoma locardi". Gastropods.com. Retrieved 15 January 2019.