Agathotoma candidissima

Agathotoma candidissima
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
(unranked): clade Caenogastropoda
clade Hypsogastropoda
clade Neogastropoda
Superfamily: Conoidea
Family: Mangeliidae [1]
Genus: Agathotoma
Species: A. candidissima
Binomial name
Agathotoma candidissima
(C.B. Adams, 1845)
Synonyms[2]
  • Agathotoma densestriata (C. B. Adams, 1850)
  • Pleurotoma candidissima Adams C. B., 1845 (basionym)
  • Pyrgocythara candidissima (Adams C. B., 1845)

Agathotoma candidissima is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Mangeliidae.[2]

Distribution

This species occurs in the Caribbean Sea, the Gulf of Mexico and the Lesser Antilles.

References

  1. ↑ Bouchet P., Kantor Yu.I., Sysoev A. & Puillandre N. (2011) A new operational classification of the Conoidea. Journal of Molluscan Studies 77: 273-308.
  2. 1 2 Agathotoma candidissima (C.B. Adams, 1845).  Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 7 August 2011.
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