Antimelatoma Explained

Antimelatoma is a genus of predatory sea snails, marine gastropod molluscs in the family Pseudomelatomidae, the turrids.^[1]

Species

Species within the genus Antimelatoma include:

• Antimelatoma buchanani (Hutton, 1873)
• † Antimelatoma waimea Beu, 2011

Species brought into synonymy:

• Antimelatoma agasma Cotton, 1947: synonym of Splendrillia woodsi (Beddome, 1883)
• Antimelatoma ahipara Powell A. W. B, 1942: synonym of Antimelatoma buchanani (Hutton, 1873)
• Antimelatoma benthicola Powell A. W. B, 1942: synonym of Antimelatoma buchanani (Hutton, 1873)
• Antimelatoma canyonensis Dell, 1956: synonym of Leucosyrinx canyonensis (Dell, 1956)

References

• Powell A. W. B., New Zealand Mollusca, William Collins Publishers Ltd, Auckland, New Zealand 1979

External links

• Tucker . J.K. . 2004 . Catalog of recent and fossil turrids (Mollusca: Gastropoda) . Zootaxa . 682 . 1–1295 . 10.11646/zootaxa.682.1.1 .
• Bouchet, P.; Kantor, Y. I.; Sysoev, A.; Puillandre, N. (2011). A new operational classification of the Conoidea (Gastropoda). Journal of Molluscan Studies. 77(3): 273-308

Notes and References

1. MolluscaBase (2018). Antimelatoma Powell, 1942. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: http://marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=432396 on 2018-04-21