Angiola lineata

Angiola lineata
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
(unranked):	clade Caenogastropoda clade Sorbeoconcha
Superfamily:	Cerithioidea
Family:	Planaxidae
Genus:	Angiola
Species:	A. lineata
Binomial name
Angiola lineata (Da Costa, 1778)
Synonyms[1]
Angiola periscelida Dall, W.H., 1926 Buccinum lineatum da Costa, 1778 (original combination) Buccinum pediculare Lamarck, J.B.P.A. de, 1822 Buccinum pygmaeum Tryon, G.W., 1887 Buccinum strigosum Gmelin, J.F., 1791 Buccinum undulatum Wood, W., 1828 Buccinum zebra Mühlfeldt, Megerle von, 1816 Hinea lineata (da Costa, 1778) Planaxis eboreus Smith, E.A., 1872 Planaxis herrmaennseni Dunker, R.W., 1853 Planaxis herrmannseni Dunker, R.W., 1853 Planaxis lineatus (da Costa, 1778) Planaxis longispira Smith, E.A., 1872 Planaxis succinctus Adams, A., 1853

Angiola lineata, common name the dwarf Atlantic planaxis, is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Planaxidae.^[1]

Distribution

This species occurs in the following locations:

• Atlantic Ocean : Angola, Cape Verdes, West Africa, St. Helena
• Gulf of Mexico
• Caribbean Sea
• Lesser Antilles,

Description

The maximum recorded shell length is 10 mm.^[2]

The very small shell is ovate, conical, smooth, and diaphanous. It is colored with white, elegantly ornamented upon its whole surface with pretty numerous, narrow, transverse lines, of a blackish brown. The spire is composed of six slightly convex whorls. The body whorl is inflated, and larger than all the others united. The linear suture is very fine. The aperture is subrounded, of violet color and within are perceived the external colored lines. The outer is lip simple, thin and sharp. Its edge is expanded and marked with brown lines. The columella is smooth and arcuated. ^[3]

Habitat

Minimum recorded depth is 0 m.^[2] Maximum recorded depth is 48 m.^[2]

References

1. Angiola lineata (Da Costa, 1778).  Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 17 May 2010.
2. Welch J. J. (2010). "The "Island Rule" and Deep-Sea Gastropods: Re-Examining the Evidence". PLoS ONE 5(1): e8776. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0008776.
3. Kiener (1840). General species and iconography of recent shells : comprising the Massena Museum, the collection of Lamarck, the collection of the Museum of Natural History, and the recent discoveries of travellers; Boston :W.D. Ticknor,1837 (described as Buccinum pediculare)

• da Costa E. M. (1778). Historia Naturalis Testaceorum Britanniae, or, The British Conchology. London: Millan, White, Elmsley & Robson. xii + 254 + viii pp. 17 pls
• Bernard, P.A. (Ed.) (1984). Coquillages du Gabon [Shells of Gabon]. Pierre A. Bernard: Libreville, Gabon. 140, 75 plates
• Gofas, S.; Afonso, J.P.; Brandào, M. (Ed.). (S.a.). Conchas e Moluscos de Angola = Coquillages et Mollusques d'Angola. [Shells and molluscs of Angola]. Universidade Agostinho / Elf Aquitaine Angola: Angola. 140 pp
• Rolán E., 2005. Malacological Fauna From The Cape Verde Archipelago. Part 1, Polyplacophora and Gastropoda
• 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

External links

• Gastropods.com: Angiola lineata lineata