Antimelatoma ahipara

Antimelatoma ahipara is a species of predatory sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Turridae, the turrids.

Distribution

This species is endemic to New Zealand, found off Ahipara on the west coast of Northland in the North Island.

Habitat

This turrid is found at depths of about 42 m.

Shell description

The shell is slender, with a glossy surface and a wide steeply descending shoulder slope. The shell is axially costate, crossed by spiral cords, two peripheral ones stronger than the rest, and nodulose at points of intersection.

The shell coloration is buff, indistinctly streaked with pale reddish-brown.

Shell height is up to 12.7 mm, and width is up to 4.4 mm.

References

• Powell A. W. B., New Zealand Mollusca, William Collins Publishers Ltd, Auckland, New Zealand 1979 ISBN 0-00-216906-1