''Longchaeus'' is a
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gastropod
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Pyramidellidae
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, the pyrams and their allies.
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Species
Species within the genus ''Longchaeus'' include:
* ''
Longchaeus achates''
(A. Gould, 1853)
* ''
Longchaeus acus''
(Gmelin, 1791)
* ''
Longchaeus adamsi''
(Carpenter, 1864)
* ''
Longchaeus auricoma''
(Dall, 1889)
* ''
Longchaeus bicolor''
Menke, 1854
* † ''
Longchaeus canaliculatus''
(Gabb, 1873)
* ''
Longchaeus candidus''
(Mörch, 1875)
* ''
Longchaeus conicus''
(C. B. Adams, 1852)
* ''
Longchaeus eburneus
''Longchaeus'' is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Pyramidellidae, the pyrams and their allies.WoRMS (2011). ''Longchaeus'' Mörch, 1875. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecie ...
''
(Laseron, 1959)
* ''
Longchaeus folinii''
(Dall, 1889)
* ''
Longchaeus inopinatus''
(Schander, 1994)
* ''
Longchaeus insularum''
(Pilsbry, 1922)
* † ''
Longchaeus jamaicensis''
(Dall, 1896)
* ''
Longchaeus maculosus
''Longchaeus maculosus'', common name the sulcate pyram, is a species of sea snail, a marine (ocean), marine gastropod mollusk in the family (biology), family Pyramidellidae, the pyrams and their allies.MolluscaBase eds. (2022). MolluscaBase. Lon ...
''
(Lamarck, 1822)
* ''
Longchaeus mazatlanicus''
(Dall & Bartsch, 1909)
* † ''
Longchaeus menadensis
''Longchaeus'' is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Pyramidellidae, the pyrams and their allies.WoRMS (2011). ''Longchaeus'' Mörch, 1875. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecie ...
''
(Schepman, 1907)
* † ''
Longchaeus obtusatus
''Longchaeus'' is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Pyramidellidae, the pyrams and their allies.WoRMS (2011). ''Longchaeus'' Mörch, 1875. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecie ...
''
(O. Semper, 1861)
* ''
Longchaeus obtusus
''Longchaeus'' is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Pyramidellidae, the pyrams and their allies.WoRMS (2011). ''Longchaeus'' Mörch, 1875. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecie ...
''
(Laseron, 1959)
* † ''
Longchaeus olssoni''
(Maury, 1917)
* † ''
Longchaeus plicosus''
(Bronn, 1838)
* ''
Longchaeus suturalis''
(H. C. Lea, 1843)
* ''
Longchaeus turritus''
(A. Adams, 1854)
* † ''
Longchaeus unisulcatus''
(Dujardin, 1837)
;Species brought into synonymy:
* ''Longchaeus calesi''
Bartsch, 1955: synonym of ''
Longchaeus suturalis''
(H. C. Lea, 1843)
* ''Longchaeus canaliculatus''
(Sowerby II, 1874): synonym of ''Longchaeus insularum''
(Pilsbry, 1922)
* † ''Longchaeus marionae''
Bartsch, 1955: synonym of ''
Longchaeus suturalis''
(H. C. Lea, 1843)
* ''Longchaeus pricena''
(Laseron, 1959): synonym of ''
Longchaeus obtusus
''Longchaeus'' is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Pyramidellidae, the pyrams and their allies.WoRMS (2011). ''Longchaeus'' Mörch, 1875. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecie ...
''
(Laseron, 1959)
* ''Longchaeus punctatus''
(Schubert & J. A. Wagner, 1829): synonym of ''
Longchaeus acus''
(Gmelin, 1791)
* ''Longchaeus schanderi''
(van Aartsen, Gittenberger & Goud, 1998): synonym of ''
Pyramidella inopinata''
(Schander, 1994)
* ''Longchaeus sulcatus''
(A. Adams, 1854): synonym of ''
Longchaeus maculosus
''Longchaeus maculosus'', common name the sulcate pyram, is a species of sea snail, a marine (ocean), marine gastropod mollusk in the family (biology), family Pyramidellidae, the pyrams and their allies.MolluscaBase eds. (2022). MolluscaBase. Lon ...
''
(Lamarck, 1822)
References
* Dautzenberg, P. (1923). ''Liste préliminaire des mollusques marins de Madagascar et description de deux espèces nouvelles''. Journal de Conchyliologie 68: 21-74
* Laseron C.F. (1959). Family Pyramidellidae (Mollusca) from Northern Australia. Australian Journal of Marine and Freshwater Research. 10(2): 177-267
* Robba E. (2013) Tertiary and Quaternary fossil pyramidelloidean gastropods of Indonesia. Scripta Geologica 144: 1-191
* Landau B.M. & LaFollette P.I. (2015). The Pyramidellidae (Mollusca: Gastropoda) from the Miocene Cantaure Formation of Venezuela. Cainozoic Research. 15(1-2): 13-54
External links
To World Register of Marine SpeciesMiocene Gastropods and Biostratigraphy of the Kern River Area, California; United States Geological Survey Professional Paper 642
Mörch O.A.L. (1875). Synopsis molluscorum marinorum Indiarum occidentalium imprimis insularum danicarum. Malakozoologische Blätter, 22: 142-184.Dall W.H. 1889. Reports on the results of dredging, under the supervision of Alexander Agassiz, in the Gulf of Mexico (1877-78) and in the Caribbean Sea (1879-80), by the U.S. Coast Survey Steamer "Blake", Lieut.-Commander C.D. Sigsbee, U.S.N., and Commander J.R. Bartlett, U.S.N., commanding. XXIX. Report on the Mollusca. Part 2, Gastropoda and Scaphopoda. Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoölogy at Harvard College, 18: 1-492, pls. 10-40//www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/25505
Pyramidellidae
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