Brachytoma

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

Brachytoma
Scientific classification
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

See text

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

R.N. Kilburn proposed in 1989 the name Brachytoma to be rejected, since the type species Pleurotoma strombiformis G. 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:

  • † Brachytoma annandalei Vredenburg, 1921
  • † Brachytoma buddhaica Vredenburg, 1921
  • † Brachytoma convexa Vredenburg, 1921
  • † Brachytoma gautama Vredenburg, 1921
  • † Brachytoma pinfoldi Vredenburg, 1921
  • † Brachytoma reticulata Vredenburg, 1921
  • Brachytoma rioensis (Smith E. A., 1915)[4]
  • Brachytoma rufolineata (Schepman, 1913)[5]
  • † Brachytoma sarasvati Vredenburg, 1921
  • † Brachytoma simazirianus Nomura & Zinbo, 1936
  • † Brachytoma tjemoroensis Martin, 1903
  • Brachytoma tuberosa (Smith E. A., 1875)[6]
  • † Brachytoma yabei Vredenburg, 1921
Species brought into synonymy
  • Brachytoma crenularis Graveley, 1942: synonym of Ptychobela nodulosa (Gmelin, 1791)
  • Brachytoma investigatoris Smith, 1899: synonym of Drillia investigatoris (Smith, 1899)
  • Brachytoma kawamurai Habe & Kosuge, 1966: synonym of Cheungbeia kawamurai (Habe & Kosuge, 1966) (original combination)
  • Brachytoma kurodai Habe & Kosuge, 1966 : synonym of Inquisitor kurodai (Habe & Kosuge, 1966)
  • † Brachytoma sacra Reeve, 1845:synonym of † Tylotiella sacra (Reeve, 1845)
  • Brachytoma sinensis (Hinds, 1843): synonym of Crassispira sinensis (Hinds, 1843)
  • Brachytoma spuria (Hedley, 1922): synonym of Turricula nelliae spuria (Hedley, 1922)
  • Brachytoma sumatrensis Powell, 1966: synonym of Ptychobela sumatrensis (Petit de la Saussaye, 1852)
  • Brachytoma takeokensis Otuka, 1949: synonym of Crassispira takeokensis (Otuka, 1949) (original combination)
  • Brachytoma vexillum Habe & Kosuge, 1966 : synonym of Ptychobela vexillium (Habe & Kosuge, 1966) (original combination)
  • Brachytoma zuiomaru Nomura & Hatai, 1940: synonym of Inquisitor jeffreysii (E. A. Smith, 1875): synonym of Funa jeffreysii (E. A. Smith, 1875)
Further investigation needed

References
  1. 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. Brachytoma rioensis (Smith E. A., 1915). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 13 April 2010.
  5. Brachytoma rufolineata (Schepman, 1913). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 13 April 2010.
  6. Brachytoma tuberosa (Smith E. A., 1875). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 13 April 2010.
  • E. Vredenburg. 1921. Comparative diagnoses of Pleurotomidae from the Tertiary formations of Burma. Records of the Geological Survey of India 53:83-129


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