Anticlimax reinaudi
Appearance
Anticlimax reinaudi | |
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Shell and protoconch of Anticlimax reinaudi (holotype at the MNHN, Paris) | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Mollusca |
Class: | Gastropoda |
Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
Order: | Littorinimorpha |
Family: | Tornidae |
Genus: | Anticlimax |
Species: | A. reinaudi
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Binomial name | |
Anticlimax reinaudi (Rubio & Rolán, 2014)
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Anticlimax reinaudi is a minute sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Tornidae.[1]
Description
[edit]Anticlimax reinaudi has a very small (<1.5 mm), depressed shell, formed by 3 whorls of rapid growth, separated by a scarcely marked suture. The ornamentation consists of spiral cords, ribs and axial striae. The shell aperture is quadrangular.[1]
Distribution
[edit]This species is only known from Vanuatu. It was found North-East of Malo Island, at depths of 13 m, on sand and dead corals.[1]
Etymology
[edit]This species is named after Guy Reinaud, President of Pro-Natura International, coorganiser with MNHN of the "Our Planet Reviewed" expeditions, during which the species was discovered in 2006.[1]
References
[edit]- Rubio, F., Rolán, E. (2014). The family Tornidae in the tropical Southwest Pacific: the genus Anticlimax, in Iberus, supplement (6). [1]