Brachytoma
Genus of gastropods / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Brachytoma is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Pseudomelatomidae.[1][2]
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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 | |
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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]