Brachytoma

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Brachytoma
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Brachytoma rioensis
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Superfamily: Conoidea
Family: Pseudomelatomidae
Genus: Brachytoma
Swainson, 1840
Type species
Pleurotoma strombiformis
G. B. Sowerby II, 1839
Species

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Synonyms [1]
  • Clavus (Brachytoma)
  • Drillia (Brachytoma)

Brachytoma is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Pseudomelatomidae. [1] [2]

Contents

R.N. Kilburn proposed in 1989 the name Brachytoma to be rejected, since the type species Pleurotoma strombiformisG. B. Sowerby II, 1839 is considered a nomen dubium and there is no valid ground for conferring type status upon it. [3]

Species

Species within the genus Brachytoma include:

Species brought into synonymy
Further investigation needed

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References

  1. 1 2 Brachytoma . Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species  on 5 September 2011.
  2. P. Bouchet; Yu. I. Kantor; A. Sysoev & N. Puillandre (2011). "A new operational classification of the Conoidea (Gastropoda)". Journal of Molluscan Studies . 77 (3): 273–308. doi: 10.1093/mollus/eyr017 .
  3. Kilburn, R. N. "Notes on Ptychobela and Brachytoma, with the description of a new species from Mozambique (Mollusca: Gastropoda: Turridae)." Annals of the Natal Museum 30.1 (1989): 185-196
  4. MNHN, Parisd: Brachytoma obtusangula
  5. Brachytoma rioensis (Smith E. A., 1915) . Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species  on 13 April 2010.
  6. Brachytoma rufolineata (Schepman, 1913) . Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species  on 13 April 2010.