''Famelica'' is a
genus
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of
sea snail
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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 ().
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mollusk
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s in the
family
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Raphitomidae
Raphitomidae is a family of small to medium-sized sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the superfamily Conoidea.Bouchet P. & Rocroi J.-P. (Ed.) (2005). "Classification and nomenclator of gastropod families". ''Malacologia'' 47(1-2). . 39 ...
.
Species
Species within the genus ''Famelica'' include:
* ''
Famelica acus''
Criscione, Hallan, Puillandre & Fedosov, 2021
* ''
Famelica babelica''
Chino & Stahlschmidt, 2021
* ''
Famelica bitrudis''
(Barnard, 1963)
* ''
Famelica catharinae''
(Verrill & Smith, 1884)
* ''
Famelica leucospira''
Abbate, P. O. V. Lima & Simone, 2022
* ''
Famelica mirmidina''
(Dautzenberg & Fischer, 1896)
* ''
Famelica monoceros''
(Watson, 1881)
* ''
Famelica monotropis''
(Dautzenberg & Fischer, 1896)
* ''
Famelica nitida''
Sysoev, 1990
* ''
Famelica pacifica''
Sysoev & Kantor, 1987
* ''
Famelica polyacantha''
(Stahlschmidt, Chino & Kilburn, 2012)
* ''
Famelica pukua''
Abbate, P. O. V. Lima & Simone, 2022
* ''
Famelica scipio''
(Dall, 1889)
* ''
Famelica tajourensis''
Sysoev & Kantor, 1987
* ''
Famelica tasmanica''
Sysoev & Kantor, 1987
* ''
Famelica turritelloides''
Criscione, Hallan, Puillandre & Fedosov, 2021
;Species brought into synonymy:
* ''Famelica ischna''
Dall, 1927: synonym of ''
Famelica monoceros''
(Watson, 1881)
References
* Bouchet, P. & Warén, A. (1980). Revision of the North-East Atlantic bathyal and abyssal Turridae (Mollusca: Gastropoda). Journal of Molluscan Studies. Suppl. 8: 1-119
* Gofas, S.; Le Renard, J.; Bouchet, P. (2001). Mollusca. in: Costello, M.J. et al. (eds), European Register of Marine Species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Patrimoines Naturels. 50: 180–213.
External links
Worldwide Mollusc Species Data Base: Raphitomidae Bouchet, P.; Kantor, Y. I.; Sysoev, A.; Puillandre, N. (2011). ''A new operational classification of the Conoidea (Gastropoda).'' Journal of Molluscan Studies. 77(3): 273-308Criscione, F., Hallan, A., Puillandre, N. & Fedosov, A. (2021). Snails in depth: integrative taxonomy of Famelica, Glaciotomella and Rimosodaphnella (Conoidea: Raphitomidae) from the deep sea of temperate Australia. Invertebrate Systematics. 35: 940-962.
Raphitomidae
Gastropod genera
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