Aliceia aenigmatica is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Raphitomidae.[1]
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
| Order: | Neogastropoda |
| Superfamily: | Conoidea |
| Family: | Raphitomidae |
| Genus: | Aliceia |
| Species: | A. aenigmatica
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| Aliceia aenigmatica Dautzenberg & Fischer H., 1897
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Description
editThe length of the shell attains 3.4 mm, its diameter 1.8 mm.
(Original description in Latin) The shell is tall, remarkably thin, glossy, and transparent, with a broad and deep umbilicus. The spire is elevated and turreted, consisting of 7 convex whorls that are stepped and clearly separated by an impressed suture.
The protoconch is smooth, while the next three whorls are keeled at the midpoint: above the keel, they are smooth, while below, they are adorned with closely spaced longitudinal ribs. In the body whorl these ribs disappear, but the keel remains and is decorated with widely spaced, arched scales that curve forward. The aperture is triangular, tapering to a pointed base. The columella is fairly straight, with a slight reflex above the umbilicus.
The outer lip is extremely thin, sharp, and channeled at the top. The umbilicus is wide, funnel-shaped, and open. The early whorls are yellowish, gradually transitioning to a white and translucent appearance in the final whorls. [2]
Distribution
editThis marine species occurs off the Azores at bathyal depths (1800-1980 m); also off the coast of Brazil.
References
edit- ^ a b Aliceia aenigmatica Dautzenberg & Fischer H., 1897. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 5 April 2010.
- ^ Dautzenberg P. & Fischer H. (1897). Dragages effectués par l'Hirondelle et par la Princesse Alice 1888-1896. Mémoires de la Société Zoologique de France. 139-234; pl. 3-7
This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.
- Gofas, S.; Le Renard, J.; Bouchet, P. (2001). Mollusca. in: Costello, M.J. et al. (eds), European Register of Marine Species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Patrimoines Naturels. 50: 180-213
- Figueira R.M. Andrade & Absalão R.S. (2012). "Deep-water Raphitomidae (Mollusca, Gastropoda, Conoidea) from the Campos Basin, southeast Brazil". Zootaxa. 3527: 1–27.
External links
edit- Tucker, J.K. (2004). "Catalog of recent and fossil turrids (Mollusca: Gastropoda)" (PDF). Zootaxa. 682: 1–1295.
- Abbate, D., Lima, P. O. V. & Simone, L. R. L. ( (2022). "The genera Famelica Bouchet & Warén, 1980 and Aliceia Dautzenberg & Fischer, 1897 (Conoidea, Raphitomidae) collected by the MD55 expedition in the Brazilian coast, with descriptions of two new species" (PDF). Zootaxa. 44 (23): 565–574.
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