Aphanitoma

{{Short description|Genus of gastropods}} {{Automatic taxobox | fossil_range = | image = Aphanitoma locardi 001.jpg | image_caption = Shell of ''Aphanitoma locardi'' | display_parents = 3 | taxon = Aphanitoma | authority = Bellardi, 1875 | type_species = † ''Turbinella labellum'' Bellardi & Michelotti, 1840 | synonyms_ref = | synonyms = }}

'''''Aphanitoma''''' is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Borsoniidae.<ref name="WoRMS">Bouchet, P.; Gofas, S. (2015). Aphanitoma Bellardi, 1875. In: MolluscaBase (2015). Accessed through: World Register of Marine * † At http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=181080 on 2016-02-08</ref>

==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.<ref>[https://archive.org/details/manualconch06tryorich G.W. Tryon (1884) Manual of Conchology, structural and systematic, with illustrations of the species, vol. VI; Philadelphia, Academy of Natural Sciences]</ref>

(Original description in Latin) The shell exhibits a fusiform shape. The body whorl is slightly depressed anteriorly. The outer lip is essentially linear, exhibiting minimal sinuosity. In adult and intact specimens, it displays a barely perceptible emargination near the posterior suture. The columella is nearly straight, showing two prominent folds that descend along its central portion. The posterior fold is more pronounced than the anterior. Both folds diminish in size within the aperture. The siphonal canal is notably short and exhibits a sinistral curvature.<ref>{{cite journal |last1=Bellardi |first1=L. |title=Novae pleurotomidarum Pedimonti et Liguriae fossilium: dispositionis prodromu |journal=Bullettino della Società Malacologica Italiana |date=1875 |volume=1 |page=22 |url=https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/40310882 |access-date=10 February 2025}} {{source-attribution}}</ref>

==Species== Species within the genus ''Aphanitoma'' include: * † ''Aphanitoma alterans'' F. Nordsieck, 1972 * † ''Aphanitoma aplicata'' Vera-Peláez, 2002 * † ''Aphanitoma arctata'' Bellardi, 1877 * † ''Aphanitoma bellardii'' G. Seguenza, 1880 * † ''Aphanitoma breviata'' Bellardi, 1877 * † ''Aphanitoma fransi'' A. W. Janssen, 1972 * † ''Aphanitoma imperati'' (Scacchi, 1835) * † ''Aphanitoma labellum'' (Bellardi & Michelotti, 1840) * ''Aphanitoma locardi'' Bavay, 1906 * † ''Aphanitoma marginata'' (F. Nordsieck, 1972) * ''Aphanitoma mariottinii'' Smriglio, Rufini & Martin Perez, 2001 * † ''Aphanitoma marqueti'' Ceulemans, Van Dingenen & Landau, 2018 * † ''Aphanitoma pecchiolii'' Bellardi, 1877 * † ''Aphanitoma pliocenica'' Vera-Peláez, 2002 * † ''Aphanitoma pluriplicata'' Bellardi, 1877 * † ''Aphanitoma roesti'' Landau, Van Dingenen & Ceulemans, 2020 * † ''Aphanitoma ronaldi'' A. W. Janssen, 1972 * † ''Aphanitoma targioniana'' (D'Ancona, 1873) : a little known species from the bathyal malacofauna of the upper Pliocene from Romagna (N-Italy) <ref>[http://www.ssnr.it/7-2.pdf Cesare Tabanelli, III CONTRIBUTO ALLA CONOSCENZA"DELLA MALACOFAUNA BATIALE DBL PLIOCENE DI ROMAGNA: ACLIS BARTOLOMEAE N. SP; QUAD. STUDI NAL ROMAGNA, T: 7-15, MAGGIO 1997 rssN 1 12s-6r8]</ref>

;Synonyms: * † ''Aphanitoma elegans'' (D'Ancona, 1872): synonym of † ''Aphanitoma pliocenica'' Vera-Peláez, 2002 (senior synonym of ''A. pliocenica'' but invalid junior homonym of ''Turbinella elegans'') * † ''Aphanitoma protoconcha'' F. Nordsieck, 1972: synonym of † ''Aphanitoma alterans'' F. Nordsieck, 1972 * † ''Aphanitoma quadricincta'' Cossmann, 1883: synonym of † ''Endiatoma quadricincta'' (Cossmann, 1883) (superseded combination)

==References== {{Reflist}}

==External links== * [https://dx.doi.org/10.1093/mollus/eyr017 Bouchet, P.; Kantor, Y. I.; Sysoev, A.; Puillandre, N. (2011). ''A new operational classification of the Conoidea.'' Journal of Molluscan Studies. 77, 273-308]

Category:Aphanitoma Category:Taxa named by Luigi Bellardi