Amathina tricarinata

Amathina tricarinata is a species of small sea snail, marine heterobranch gastropod mollusc or micromolluscs in the family Amathinidae.[2]

ventral view of the shell of Amathina tricarinata

Amathina tricarinata
Five views of a shell of Amathina tricarinata
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Mollusca
Class:
Gastropoda
(unranked):
clade Heterobranchia
clade Euthyneura
clade Panpulmonata
Superfamily:
Pyramidelloidea
Family:
Amathinidae
Genus:
Amathina
Species:
A. tricarinata
Binomial name
Amathina tricarinata
(Linnaeus, 1767) [1]
Synonyms[2]
  • Amathina angustata Souverbie, 1875
  • Amathina tricostata (Gmelin, 1791)
  • Hemitoma tricarinata (Linnaeus, 1767)
  • Patella tricarinata Linnaeus, 1767 (original combination)

Distribution

This marine species occurs in the Mediterranean Sea (as a non-indigenous species),[2] the Red Sea and off Madagascar.

References
  1. Linnaeus, C. (1767). Systema naturae sive regna tria naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. Laurentii Salvii, Holmiae. 12th ed. v. 1 (pt 2): 533-1327
  2. Gofas, S. (2010). Amathina tricarinata (Linnaeus, 1767). In: Bouchet, P.; Gofas, S.; Rosenberg, G. (2010) World Marine Mollusca database. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=181105 on 2011-03-15
  • Dautzenberg, Ph. (1929). Contribution à l'étude de la faune de Madagascar: Mollusca marina testacea. Faune des colonies françaises, III(fasc. 4). Société d'Editions géographiques, maritimes et coloniales: Paris. 321-636, plates IV-VII pp.
  • Vine, P. (1986). Red Sea Invertebrates. Immel Publishing, London. 224 pp.
  • Ponder, W. F. 1987. The anatomy and relationships of the pyramidellacean limpet, Amathina tricarinata (Mollusca: Gastropoda). Asian Marine Biology 4: 1-34. page(s): 30
  • Rosenberg, G. 1992. Encyclopedia of Seashells. Dorset: New York. 224 pp.
  • Streftaris, N.; Zenetos, A.; Papathanassiou, E. (2005). Globalisation in marine ecosystems: the story of non-indigenous marine species across European seas. Oceanogr. Mar. Biol. Annu. Rev. 43: 419-453
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