Aphanitoma Bellardi 1875

Aphanitoma is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Borsoniidae.^[1]

Description

The shell has a fusiform shape. The sinus is scarcely apparent. The biplicate columella is nearly straight. The canal is rather short and slightly curved.^[2]

Species

Species within the genus Aphanitoma include:

• Aphanitoma locardi Bavay, 1906
• Aphanitoma mariottinii Smriglio, Rufini & Martin Perez, 2001
• † Aphanitoma targioniana (D'Ancona, 1873) : a little known species from the bathyal malacofauna of the upper Pliocene from Romagna (N-Italy) ^[3]

References

• Bellardi (1875), Bullettino della Societa malacologica italiana p. 22