Atlantilux gemmata
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Superfamily: Turbinelloidea
Family: Costellariidae
Genus: Atlantilux
Species:
A. gemmata
Binomial name
Atlantilux gemmata
(G. B. Sowerby II, 1874)
Synonyms[1]
  • Mitra albocincta C. B. Adams, 1845 (ambiguous senior synonym)
  • Mitra gemmata G. B. Sowerby II, 1874
  • Pusia gemmata (G. B. Sowerby II, 1874)
  • Vexillum gemmatum (G. B. Sowerby II, 1874)

Atlantilux gemmata is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk, in the family Costellariidae, the ribbed miters.[1]

Description

(Original description) The small shell is rather fusiform. It is brown and smooth. The spire is as long as aperture. The whorls are rather angular, ribbed above the middle. The ribs are jewelled with oval white spots.[2]

References

  1. 1 2 MolluscaBase (2018). Atlantilux gemmata (G. B. Sowerby II, 1874). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=957169 on 2018-12-31
  2. ↑ Sowerby, G. B. II. (1874). Monograph of the genus Mitra. In G. B. Sowerby II (ed.), Thesaurus conchyliorum, or monographs of genera of shells. Vol. 4 (31-32): 1–46, pls 352–379. London, privately published. Public Domain This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.
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