Falsimohnia

Falsimohnia
Shell of Falsimohnia fulvicans
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Subclass:	Caenogastropoda
Order:	Neogastropoda
Superfamily:	Buccinoidea
Family:	Prosiphonidae
Genus:	Falsimohnia Powell, 1951
Type species
Buccinum albozonatum Watson, 1886
Species
See text

Falsimohnia is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Prosiphonidae, the true whelks. ^[1]

Species

Species within the genus Falsimohnia include:

• Falsimohnia albozonata (Watson, 1886) ^[2]
• Falsimohnia anderssoni (Strebel, 1908)
• Falsimohnia fulvicans (Strebel, 1908)
• Falsimohnia hoshiaii (Numanami, 1996)
• Falsimohnia innocens (E. A. Smith, 1907)
• Falsimohnia minor (Strebel, 1908)
• Falsimohnia plicatula (Thiele, 1912)

Synonyms

• Falsimohnia davisiEgorova, 1972: synonym of Falsimohnia innocens(E. A. Smith, 1907) (junior subjective synonym)
• Falsimohnia okutanii(Numanami, 1996): synonym of Falsitromina okutanii (Numanami, 1996)

References

1. Falsimohnia Powell, 1951 . Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species  on 17 April 2010.
2. Falsimohnia albozonata (Watson, 1886) . Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species  on 17 April 2010.

External links

• Powell, A.W.B. (1951). "Antarctic and Subantarctic Mollusca: Pelecypoda and Gastropoda". Discovery Reports. 26: 137. doi:10.5962/bhl.part.16335 . Retrieved 19 August 2025.
• Kantor, Y. I. & Harasewych, M. G. (2013). "Antarctica, where turrids and whelks converge: A revision of Falsimohnia Powell, 1951 (Neogastropoda: Buccinoidea) and a description of a new genus". The Nautilus. 127 (2).