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

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

Rosenberg, G., F. Moretzsohn, and E. F. García. 2009. Gastropoda (Mollusca) of the Gulf of Mexico, Pp. 579–699 in Felder, D.L. and D.K. Camp (eds.), Gulf of Mexico–Origins, Waters, and Biota. Biodiversity. Texas A&M Press, College Station, Texas

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