Brachystomia

Brachystomia
Shell of Brachystomia eulimoides (specimen at the Natural History Museum, Rotterdam)
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Family:	Pyramidellidae
Genus:	Brachystomia Monterosato, 1884
Type species
Odostomia rissoidesHanley, 1844
Synonyms [1]
Odontostomia (Brachystomia)Monterosato, 1884 superseded rank Odostomia (Brachystomia)Monterosato, 1884 · accepted, alternate representation ZastomaIredale, 1915 (Invalid: unnecessary nom. nov. pro BrachystomiaMonterosato, 1884, by Iredale treated as a junior homonym of BrachystomaJ.S. Gardner, 1876.)

Brachystomia is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Pyramidellidae, the pyrams and their allies. ^[1]

Description

(Original description in Italian) The aperture is short, and the lip is not dentate . The shells are small, polished, Rissoiform, or turriculate. There is a small tooth on the columella. ^[2]

Species

Species within the genus Brachystomia include: ^[1]

• Brachystomia angusta (Jeffreys, 1867)
• Brachystomia bipyramidata (Nomura, 1936)
• Brachystomia carrozzai (van Aartsen, 1987)
• † Brachystomia centaurana Landau & LaFollette, 2015
• Brachystomia conica Di Luca, Güller & Zelaya, 2021
• † Brachystomia coqueberti (Le Renard, 1994)
• Brachystomia eulimoides (Hanley, 1844)
• Brachystomia hispanica Nofroni, Renda & Vannozzi, 2022
• † Brachystomia lapparenti (de Raincourt, 1885)
• Brachystomia lorellae (Micali, 1987)
• † Brachystomia lubrica (Deshayes, 1861)
• † Brachystomia lucida (Bajarunas, 1910) (accepted > unreplaced junior homonym)
• † Brachystomia miliola (Lamarck, 1804)
• Brachystomia minutiovum (Nomura, 1936)
• Brachystomia miyagiana (Nomura, 1936)
• † Brachystomia nuda (Bajarunas, 1910)
• † Brachystomia occidentalis (Gougerot, 1981)
• † Brachystomia perglobosa (Cossmann, 1913)
• Brachystomia omaensis (Nomura, 1938)
• Brachystomia perplexissima (Nomura, 1937)
• † Brachystomia physetum Lozouet, Lesport & Renard, 200
• Brachystomia pizzinii Nofroni, Renda & Vannozzi, 2022
• † Brachystomia praenominata (Cossmann, 1921)
• Brachystomia scalaris (MacGillivray, 1843)
• Brachystomia sorianoi (Peñas & Rolán, 2006)
• † Brachystomia succineiformis Guzhov, 2022
• Brachystomia tenerissima (Nomura, 1937)
• Brachystomia tenuilirata Di Luca, Güller & Zelaya, 2021
• † Brachystomia turritella (Grateloup, 1828)

Species brought into synonymy

• Brachystomia albella(Lovén, 1846): synonym of Odostomia albel]](Lovén, 1846): synonym of Odostomia unidentata (Montagu, 1803) (superseded combination)
• † Brachystomia cerulliiMarquet, 1997: synonym of † [[Ondina cerullii]](Cossmann, 1921) (junior objective synonym, unnecessary replacement name, already replaced by Cossmann 1921
• Brachystomia electa(Jeffreys, 1883): synonym of Brachystomia eulimoides(Hanley, 1844)
• Brachystomia improbabilis(Oberling, 1970): synonym of Odostomia improbabilis Oberling, 1970 (superseded combination)
• Brachystomia lukisi(Jeffreys, 1859): synonym of Odostomia lukisii Jeffreys, 1859

References

1. Gofas, S.; Bouchet, P. (2015). Brachystomia Monterosato, 1884. In: MolluscaBase (2015). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=491631 on 2015-12-14
2. Monterosato T. A. (di) (1884). Nomenclatura generica e specifica di alcune conchiglie mediterranee. Palermo, Virzi, 152 pp This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain .

• Landau B.M. & LaFollette P.I. (2015). The Pyramidellidae (Mollusca: Gastropoda) from the Miocene Cantaure Formation of Venezuela. Cainozoic Research. 15(1-2): 13-54.

External links

• Crosse, H. (1885). "Nomenclatura generica e specifica di alcune conchiglie mediterranee, pel Marchese di Monterosato". Journal de Conchyliologie. 33: 141.
• To World Register of Marine Species