''Apiotoma'' is a
genus
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of
sea snail
Sea snail is a common name for slow-moving marine gastropod molluscs, usually with visible external shells, such as whelk or abalone. They share the taxonomic class Gastropoda with slugs, which are distinguished from snails primarily by the ...
s, marine
gastropod
The gastropods (), commonly known as snails and slugs, belong to a large taxonomic class of invertebrates within the phylum Mollusca called Gastropoda ().
This class comprises snails and slugs from saltwater, from freshwater, and from land. T ...
mollusk
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s in the
family
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Cochlespiridae
Cochlespiridae is a Taxonomy (biology), taxonomic family (biology), family of predatory sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the superfamily Conoidea.
This family is not well differentiated morphologically, and there is poor congruence betwe ...
.
Species
Species within the genus ''Apiotoma'' include:
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Apiotoma balcombensis
''Apiotoma'' is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Cochlespiridae.
Species
Species within the genus ''Apiotoma'' include:
* †'' Apiotoma balcombensis'' Powell, 1944.
* †'' Apiotoma chapplei'' Powell, 1944.
* ...
''
Powell, 1944.
* †''
Apiotoma chapplei
''Apiotoma'' is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Cochlespiridae.
Species
Species within the genus ''Apiotoma'' include:
* †''Apiotoma balcombensis'' Powell, 1944.
* †'' Apiotoma chapplei'' Powell, 1944.
* ...
''
Powell, 1944.
* †''
Apiotoma chapuisi
''Apiotoma'' is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Cochlespiridae.
Species
Species within the genus ''Apiotoma'' include:
* †''Apiotoma balcombensis'' Powell, 1944.
* †''Apiotoma chapplei'' Powell, 1944.
* â ...
''
Deshayes, 1865 .
* †''
Apiotoma epimeces
''Apiotoma'' is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Cochlespiridae.
Species
Species within the genus ''Apiotoma'' include:
* †''Apiotoma balcombensis'' Powell, 1944.
* †''Apiotoma chapplei'' Powell, 1944.
* â ...
''
Cossmann. 1889 .
** †''Apiotoma epimeces aizyensis''
Cossmann, 1889
* †''
Apiotoma pirulata
''Apiotoma'' is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family (biology), family Cochlespiridae.
Species
Species within the genus ''Apiotoma'' include:
* †''Apiotoma balcombensis'' Powell, 1944.
* †''Apiotoma chapplei'' Po ...
''
Deshayes, 1834
** †''Apiotoma pirulata'' var. ''chedevillei''
Pezant, 1909
** †''Apiotoma pirulata'' var. ''grignonensis''
Pezant, 1909
* †''
Apiotoma pritchardi
''Apiotoma'' is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Cochlespiridae.
Species
Species within the genus ''Apiotoma'' include:
* †''Apiotoma balcombensis'' Powell, 1944.
* †''Apiotoma chapplei'' Powell, 1944.
* †...
''
Powell, 1944.
* ''
Apiotoma tibiaformis
''Apiotoma tibiaformis'' is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Cochlespiridae.
Description
Distribution
This species is found in the Pacific Ocean off the Philippines
The Philippines (; fil, Pilipinas, ...
''
Powell, 1969
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Apiotoma zelandica
''Apiotoma'' is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Cochlespiridae.
Species
Species within the genus ''Apiotoma'' include:
* †''Apiotoma balcombensis'' Powell, 1944.
* †''Apiotoma chapplei'' Powell, 1944.
* †...
''
Beu, 1970
References
* Cossmann, Maurice. ''Catalogue illustré des coquilles fossiles de l'eocène des environs de Paris''. Vol. 4. 1889.
* Powell, 1944. Records of the Auckland Institute and Museum. 3 (1), p. 20.
* AW.B. Powell (1949), Biological Primary Types in the Auckland Museum: No. 3. Zoological (supplement); Records of the Auckland Institute and Museum Vol. 3, No. 6; pp. 403–409
* Maxime Glibert (1960) "Les Conadea fossiles du Cénozoïque étranger"; Koninklijk Belgisch Instituut voor Natuurwetenschappen; Verhandelingen, tweede reeks, deel 64
* Beu, Alan G. "Descriptions of new species and notes on taxonomy of New Zealand Mollusca." Royal Society of New Zealand, 1970.
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