Raphitominae was a
subfamily of small to quite large
sea snails,
marine gastropod mollusk
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s in the superfamily
Conoidea
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.
, Kantor ''et al''. elevated in 2011 the subfamily Raphitominae (which at that point had been placed in the family
Conidae) to the rank of family. This was based on a
cladistical analysis of
shell morphology,
radular characteristics, anatomical characters, and a dataset of molecular sequences of three
gene
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Genera
Genera within the subfamily Raphitominae used to include:
* '' Acrobela'' Thiele, 1925
* '' Buccinaria'' Kittl, 1887
* ''Daphnella
''Daphnella'' is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Raphitomidae.
Not to be confused with ''Daphnella'' Baird, 1850, a synonym of ''Diaphanosoma'' Fischer, 1850 belonging to the Sididae, a family of ctenopods.
Des ...
'' Hinds, 1844
* ''Gymnobela
''Gymnobela'' is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Raphitomidae.
This genus can sometimes be hardly differentiated from species in the genera ''Spergo'' Dall, 1895, ''Theta'' Clarke, 1959 and ''Speoides yoshidae'' ...
'' Verrill, 1884
* '' Homotoma'' Bellardi, 1875
* '' Kermia'' Oliver, 1915
* '' Leufroyia'' Monterosato, 1884
* '' Pleurotomella'' Verrill, 1872
* '' Raphitoma'' Bellardi, 1848
* ''Taranis
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'' Jeffreys, 1870
* '' Thatcheria'' Angas, 1877
;Genera brought into synonymy :
* ''Allo'' Jousseaume, 1934 : synonym of ''Taranis'' Jeffreys, 1870
* ''Clathurina'' Melvill, 1917 : synonym of ''Kermia'' Oliver, 1915
* ''Cordiera'' : synonym of ''Cordieria'' Rouault, 1848
* ''Eudaphne'' Bartsch, 1931 : synonym of ''Daphnella'' Hinds, 1844
* ''Ootoma'' Koperberg, 1931 : synonym of ''Buccinaria'' Kittl, 1887
* ''Ootomella'' Bartsch, 1933 : synonym of ''Buccinaria'' Kittl, 1887
* ''Pionotoma'' Kuroda, 1952 : synonym of ''Buccinaria'' Kittl, 1887
* ''Rhaphitoma '' : synonym of ''Raphitoma'' Bellardi, 1848
* ''Speoides'' Kuroda & Habe, 1961 : synonym of ''Gymnobela'' Verrill, 1884
References
* Vaught, K.C. (1989). ''A classification of the living Mollusca''. American Malacologists: Melbourne, FL (USA). . XII, 195 pp
Further reading
* Kantor Y. I. & Taylor J. D. (2002). "Foregut anatomy and relationships of raphitomine gastropods (Gastropoda: Conoidea: Raphitominae)". In" "Systematics, Phylogeny and Biology of the Neogastropoda." Ed by Oliverio, M. and R. Chemello, editors. ''Boll Malacologico''. Suppl. 5: 161–174.
External links
Fassio, G.; Russini, V.; Pusateri, F.; Giannuzzi-Savelli, R.; Høisæter, T.; Puillandre, N.; Modica, M. V.; Oliverio, M. (2019). An assessment of Raphitoma and allied genera (Neogastropoda: Raphitomidae). Journal of Molluscan Studies
Raphitomidae
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