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Anticlimax reinaudi

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Species of gastropod

Anticlimax reinaudi
Shell and protoconch of Anticlimax reinaudi (holotype at the MNHN, Paris)
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Littorinimorpha
Family: Tornidae
Genus: Anticlimax
Species: A. reinaudi
Binomial name
Anticlimax reinaudi
(Rubio & Rolán, 2014)

Anticlimax reinaudi is a minute sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Tornidae.

Description

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.

Distribution

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.

Etymology

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.

References

  1. ^ Rubio & Rolán, 2014, p.43.
  • Rubio, F., Rolán, E. (2014). The family Tornidae in the tropical Southwest Pacific: the genus Anticlimax, in Iberus, supplement (6).
Taxon identifiers
Anticlimax reinaudi
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