Pleurotoma may refer to:
* ''Pleurotoma''
Lamarck, 1799 , a genus of gastropods in the family Turridae, synonym of ''
Turris
''Turris'' is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Turridae, the turrids.
Description
The generally large shells are variegated with spots. The fusiform shell is turriculated with a long, sharp spire. The aperture is ...
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* ''Pleurotoma''
Mörch, 1869, a genus of gastropods in the family Mangeliidae, synonym of ''
Oenopota
''Oenopota'' is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Mangeliidae.
This genus doesn't form a monophyletic group. Therefore many species are only tentatively placed within this genus.
Description
In 1941 Paul Bartsch de ...
* ''Pleurotoma'', a fossil genus of sponges in the order
Lychniscosida
Lychniscosida is an order of sponges belonging to the class Hexactinellida.
Families:
* Aulocystidae
* Becksiidae
* Callodictyidae
* Callodictyonidae
* Calypterellidae
* Calyptrellidae
* Camerospongiidae
* Coeloptychidae
* Coeloscysphiida ...
, family unknown, synonym of ''
Jima''
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