Antimelatoma
Antimelatoma is a genus of predatory sea snails, marine gastropod molluscs in the family Pseudomelatomidae, the turrids.[1]
| Antimelatoma | |
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| A shell of Antimelatoma buchanani maorum | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
| Order: | Neogastropoda |
| Superfamily: | Conoidea |
| Family: | Pseudomelatomidae |
| Genus: | Antimelatoma Powell, 1942 |
| Type species | |
| Drillia maorum E.A. Smith, 1877 | |
| Species | |
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Species
Species within the genus Antimelatoma include:
- Antimelatoma buchanani (Hutton, 1873)
- † Antimelatoma waimea Beu, 2011
- Species brought into synonymy
- Antimelatoma agasma Cotton, 1947: synonym of Splendrillia woodsi (Beddome, 1883)
- Antimelatoma ahipara Powell A. W. B, 1942: synonym of Antimelatoma buchanani (Hutton, 1873)
- Antimelatoma benthicola Powell A. W. B, 1942: synonym of Antimelatoma buchanani (Hutton, 1873)
- Antimelatoma canyonensis Dell, 1956: synonym of Leucosyrinx canyonensis (Dell, 1956)
References
- MolluscaBase (2018). Antimelatoma Powell, 1942. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: http://marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=432396 on 2018-04-21
- Powell A. W. B., New Zealand Mollusca, William Collins Publishers Ltd, Auckland, New Zealand 1979 ISBN 0-00-216906-1
External links
- Tucker, J.K. (2004). "Catalog of recent and fossil turrids (Mollusca: Gastropoda)" (PDF). Zootaxa. 682: 1–1295.
- Bouchet, P.; Kantor, Y. I.; Sysoev, A.; Puillandre, N. (2011). A new operational classification of the Conoidea (Gastropoda). Journal of Molluscan Studies. 77(3): 273-308
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