Barbitonia arthritica

Barbitonia arthritica
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
(unranked):	clade Caenogastropoda clade Hypsogastropoda clade Neogastropoda
Superfamily:	Buccinoidea
Family:	Buccinidae
Genus:	Barbitonia
Species:	B. arthritica
Binomial name
Barbitonia arthritica (Bernardi, 1857)
Synonyms[1]
Barbitonia arthritica lurida (A. Adams, 1863) Fusus arthriticus Valenciennes, 1858 (original combination) Neptunea arthritica (Valenciennes, 1858) Neptunea arthritica var. asamusi Nomura & Hatai, 1937 Neptunea arthritica var. matusima Nomura & Hatai, 1937 Neptunea lurida A. Adams, 1863

Barbitonia arthritica is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Buccinidae, the true whelks.^[1]

There is one subspecies: Barbitonia arthritica arthritica (Valenciennes, 1858)

Distribution

This species occurs in the Black Sea.

Toxicity

B arthritica contains toxic tetramethylammonium salts (referred to as "tetramine" in this context) in its tissues, especially the salivary gland, and has the potential to cause human poisoning.^[2][3]

References

1. Bouchet, P.; Fraussen, K. (2014). Barbitonia arthritica (Valenciennes, 1858). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=491392 on 2014-10-23
2. M. Asano and M. Itoh (1960). "Salivary poison of a marine gastropod, Neptunea arthritica Bernardi, and the seasonal variation of its toxicity." Ann. N. Y. Acad. Sci. 90 674-688.
3. U. Anthoni, L. Bohlin, C. Larsen, P. Nielsen, N. H. Nielsen, and C. Christophersen (1989). "Tetramine: Occurrence in marine organisms and pharmacology." Toxicon 27 707-716.

• Kantor Y.I. & Sysoev A.V. 2002. On the species of molluscs from Russian waters described by Valenciennes in little known publications in 1858. Ruthenica, 12(2): 119-123

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