Inkinga platystoma

Inkinga platystoma is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Horaiclavidae.[1]

Inkinga platystoma
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Superfamily: Conoidea
Family: Horaiclavidae
Genus: Inkinga
Species:
I. platystoma
Binomial name
Inkinga platystoma
(Smith E. A., 1877)
Synonyms[1]
  • Clavatula (Clionella) platystoma (Smith E. A., 1877)
  • Clionella platystoma (Smith E. A., 1877)
  • Drillia ordinaria W. H. Turton, 1932 (junior synonym)
  • Drillia platystoma (Smith E. A., 1877)
  • Drillia prolongata W. H. Turton, 1932 (junior synonym)
  • Inkinga macella J.C. Melvill, 1923
  • Inkinga macilenta J.C. Melvill, 1923
  • Inkinga ordinaria W.H. Turton, 1932
  • Inkinga prolongata W.H. Turton, 1932
  • Inkinga wilkiae G.B. Sowerby, 1889</small
  • Paracuneus platystoma (E. A. Smith, 1877)
  • Pleurotoma (Clionella) platystoma Smith E. A., 1877 (basionym)

Description

The length of the shell attains 13 mm, its diameter 5 mm.

The elongate turreted shell contains 7 whorls. The two apical whorls are remarkably large. The faint nodules at the top of the whorls and the more distinct ones around the middle have faint dots of brown between them. The spiral striae are interrupted by them. The aperture is large and almost square. It equals about 5/13 of the total length of the shell. The sinus is large and moderately deep. The siphonal canal is open and very short.[2]

Distribution

This species occurs in the demersal zone off the Cape of Good Hope to Eastern Transkei, South Africa.

References
  1. Bouchet, P. (2015). Inkinga platystoma (E. A. Smith, 1877). In: MolluscaBase (2015). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=596475 on 2017-02-02
  2. Smith, E.A. (1877) Diagnoses of new species of Pleurotomidae in the British Museum. Annals and Magazine of Natural History, series 4, 19, 488–501
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