ANIMALS – MOLLUSCS – SNAILS – DUARTI AMERICOMINELLA (AMERICOMINELLA DUARTI)

Animals - Molluscs - Snails

Duarti Americominella (Americominella duarti)

Scientific Classification:

Kingdom : Animalia
Phylum : Mollusca
Class : Gastropoda
Order : Neogastropoda
Family : Buccinoidae
Genus : Americominella
Species : A. Duarti

Description:

The Duarti Americominella (Americominella duarti) is a sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Buccinidae.

It is a deep water species (below 200m in Rio de la Plata), endemic to the Southwest Atlantic and associated with cold water (sub-Antarctic). It stands for the development of a thick organic layer of protective shell that in this species forms a thorn-like structure.

This Species is dedicated to Don Eliseo Duarte (1896-1987), an active promoter of the Malacological Society of Uruguay and contributor to the National Museum of Natural History in Montevideo.

Binomial Name:

Name : Americominella duarti
Taxonomist : Miguel Angel Klappenbach Childe (Dolores - Uruguay) & Elias Humberto Ureta Aramendi (Aiguá - Uruguay)
Year : 1972
Subspecies : None, or not data available
Synonyms : None, or not data available

Conservation Status by IUCN:

Status : Not Evaluated, or not data available

Philatelic Issues

2007 – Uruguay – Stamp 2 of 4, from Molluscs Series

Issue information:

Country: Uruguay
Date: June 26th, 2009
Printed: 15.000 Copies
Type: Stamp from Series of 4 Stamps
Value: UYP 10

Stamp: Rectangular
Size: 39 mm. x 27 mm.
Perforation: Circular
Gum: Water Activated