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

Brachytoma
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)

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

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Species within the genus Brachytoma include:

Species brought into synonymy
  • Brachytoma alma Thiele, 1930: synonym of Inquisitor lassulus Hedley, 1922 (junior synonym)
  • 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 strombiformis (G. B. Sowerby I, 1832): synonym of Brachytoma stromboides (G. B. Sowerby I, 1832) (incorrect subsequent spelling)
  • Brachytoma subsuturalis (E. von Martens, 1902): synonym of Comitas subsuturalis (E. von Martens, 1902)
  • 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 tuberosa (E. A. Smith, 1875): synonym of Inquisitor tuberosus (E. A. Smith, 1875)
  • 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

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  1. ^ a b 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.
  • 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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