Ascetostoma ringens is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Chilodontaidae.[1][2]
| Ascetostoma ringens | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Vetigastropoda |
| Family: | Chilodontaidae |
| Genus: | Ascetostoma |
| Species: | A. ringens
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| Binomial name | |
| Ascetostoma ringens (Schepman, 1908)
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Description
editThe size of the shell varies between 8 mm and 10 mm.
Distribution
editThis marine species occurs in the Sulu Sea off the Philippines.
References
edit- ^ a b MolluscaBase eds. (2021). MolluscaBase. Ascetostoma ringens (Schepman, 1908). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: http://marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=767126 on 2021-03-04
- ^ Poppe G.T., Tagaro S.P. & Dekker H. (2006) The Seguenziidae, Chilodontidae, Trochidae, Calliostomatidae and Solariellidae of the Philippine Islands. Visaya Supplement 2: 1-228.
- Vilvens C. (2017). New species and new records of Chilodontidae (Gastropoda: Vetigastropoda: Seguenzioidea) from the Pacific Ocean. Novapex. 18 (Hors Série 11): 1-67
External links
edit- Encyclopedia of Life
- Schepman M.M. (1908). The Prosobranchia of the Siboga Expedition. Part I. Rhipidoglossa and Docoglossa. Siboga Expeditie, 49a: 1-107, pl. 1-9. Leiden, E. J. Brill.
- Herbert, D. G. (2012). A Revision of the Chilodontidae (Gastropoda: Vetigastropoda: Seguenzioidea) of Southern Africa and the South-Western Indian Ocean. African Invertebrates. 53(2): 381-502.