Phenatoma Explained

Phenatoma is a genus of predatory sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Borsoniidae.^[1]

Species

Species within the genus Phenatoma include:

• † Phenatoma decessor Marwick, 1928
• † Phenatoma lawsi Powell, 1942
• † Phenatoma perlata (Suter, 1917)
• † Phenatoma precursor Powell, 1942
• Phenatoma roseum (Quoy & Gaimard, 1833)^[2]
• Phenatoma zealandica (E. A. Smith, 1877)^[3]

Species brought into synonymy:

• † Phenatoma (Cryptomella) crassispiralis Marwick, 1929: synonym of † Tomopleura crassispiralis (Marwick, 1929)
• Phenatoma novaezelandiae (Reeve, 1843):^[4] synonym of Phenatoma rosea (Quoy & Gaimard, 1833)
• † Phenatoma (Cryptomella) crassispiralis Marwick, 1929: synonym of † Tomopleura crassispiralis (Marwick, 1929) (original combination)

Further reading

• Powell A. W. B., New Zealand Mollusca, William Collins Publishers Ltd, Auckland, New Zealand 1979
• Bouchet P., Kantor Yu.I., Sysoev A. & Puillandre N. (2011) A new operational classification of the Conoidea. Journal of Molluscan Studies 77: 273-308.
• Tucker . J.K. . 2004 . Catalog of recent and fossil turrids (Mollusca: Gastropoda) . PDF . Zootaxa . 682 . 1–1295 .

Notes and References

1. WoRMS (2009). Phenatoma. In: Bouchet, P.; Gofas, S.; Rosenberg, G. (2009) World Marine Mollusca database. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=432533 on 12 August 2011
2. WoRMS (2009). Phenatoma rosea (Quoy & Gaimard, 1833). In: Bouchet, P.; Gofas, S.; Rosenberg, G. (2009) World Marine Mollusca database. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=434595 on 2010-09-20
3. WoRMS (2009). Phenatoma zealandica (Smith E. A., 1877). In: Bouchet, P.; Gofas, S.; Rosenberg, G. (2009) World Marine Mollusca database. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=434596 on 2010-09-20
4. WoRMS (2009). Phenatoma novaezelandiae (Reeve, 1843). In: Bouchet, P.; Gofas, S.; Rosenberg, G. (2009) World Marine Mollusca database. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=434594 on 2010-09-20