Clathurellinae Explained

Clathurellinae was a subfamily of small to quite large sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Conidae.^[1]

In 2011 this subfamily was split into three new families: Borsoniidae, Mitromorphidae and Clathurellidae^[2]

Genera

Genera in the subfamily Clathurellinae used to include:^[3] The following list is maintained for historical reasons.

• Abyssothauma
• Anarithma Iredale, 1916
• Aphanitoma Bellardi, 1875 (now in Borsoniidae)
• Arielia Shasky, 1961
• Asthenotoma Harris & Burrows, 1891 (now in Borsoniidae)
• Austroturris Laseron, 1954 (now in Borsoniidae)
• Bathytoma Harris & Burrows, 1891 (now in Borsoniidae)
• Borsonella Dall, 1908 (now in Borsoniidae)
• Borsonia A. Bellardi, 1839 (now in Borsoniidae)
• Buridrillia Olsson, 1942
• Clathurella Carpenter, 1857
• Comarmondia Monterosato, 1884
• Corinnaeturris Bouchet & Waren, 1980
• Crockerella Hertlein & Strong, 1951
• Cruziturricula
• Cryptomella Finlay, 1924
• Cytharopsis Adams, 1865
• Darbya Bartsch, 1934 (now in Borsoniidae)
• Diptychophila (now in Borsoniidae)
• Drilliola Locard, 1897(now in Borsoniidae)
• Etrema Hedley, 1918
• Etremopa Oyama, 1953
• Etremopsis Powell, 1942
• Filodrillia Hedley, 1922 (now in Borsoniidae)
• Genota H & A. Adams, 1853 (now in Borsoniidae)
• Genotina Vera-Peláez, 2004
• Glyphostoma Gabb, 1872
• Heteroturris Powell, 1967 (now in Borsoniidae)
• Lovellona Iredale, 1917
• Maorimorpha Powell, 1939
• Maoritomella Powell, 1942 (now in Borsoniidae)
• Mitrellatoma Powell, 1942
• Mitrithara Hedley, 1922
• Mitromorpha Adams, 1865
• Nannodiella Dall, 1918
• Ophiodermella Bartsch, 1944 (now in Borsoniidae)
• Paraborsonia Pilsbry, 1922 (now in Borsoniidae)
• Phenatoma Finlay, 1924 (now in Borsoniidae)
• Pulsarella Laseron, 1954 (now in Borsoniidae)
• Retidrillia McLean, 2000 (now in Borsoniidae)
• Scrinium Hedley, 1922
• Strombinoturris
• Suavodrillia Dall, 1918 (now in Borsoniidae)
• Tomopleura Casey, 1904 (now in Borsoniidae)
• Tropidoturris Kilburn, 1986 (now in Borsoniidae)
• Typhlomangelia Sars G.O., 1878 (now in Borsoniidae)
• Vexithara Finlay, 1926
• Wairarapa Vella, 1954
• Zetekia Dall, 1918

Notes:

• Leiosyrinx Bouchet & Sysoev, 2001 and Typhlosyrinx Thiele, 1925 - These two genera were placed in the subfamily Raphitominae by Bouchet and Sysoev (2001),^[4] but in the World Register of Marine Species (2010) they are placed in Clathurellinae.^[3]

Further reading

• Vaught, K.C. (1989). A classification of the living Mollusca. American Malacologists: Melbourne, FL (USA). . XII, 195 pp.

Notes and References

1. Bouchet P. & Rocroi J.-P. (Ed.) (2005). "Classification and nomenclator of gastropod families". Malacologia 47(1-2). . 397 pp.
2. https://archive.today/20120710161524/http://mollus.oxfordjournals.org/content/77/3/273.full Bouchet P., Kantor Yu.I., Sysoev A. & Puillandre N. (2011) A new operational classification of the Conoidea. Journal of Molluscan Studies 77: 273-308.
3. WoRMS (2010). Clathurellinae. In: Bouchet, P.; Gofas, S.; Rosenberg, G. (2010) World Marine Mollusca database. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=153873 on 2010-04-01
4. Bouchet. P. A. Sysoev. November 2001 . Typhlosyrinx -like tropical deep-water turriform gastropods (Mollusca, Gastropoda, Conoidea) . Journal of Natural History. 35. 11. 1693–1715. 10.1080/002229301317092405. .