Raphitominae Explained

Raphitominae was a subfamily of small to quite large sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the superfamily Conoidea.^[1]

Bouchet, 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 cladistic analysis of shell morphology, radular characteristics, anatomical characters, and a dataset of molecular sequences of three gene fragments.^[2]

Genera

Genera within the subfamily Raphitominae used to include:

• Acrobela Thiele, 1925
• Buccinaria Kittl, 1887
• Daphnella Hinds, 1844
• Gymnobela Verrill, 1884
• Homotoma Bellardi, 1875
• Kermia Oliver, 1915
• Leufroyia Monterosato, 1884
• Pleurotomella Verrill, 1872
• Raphitoma Bellardi, 1848
• Taranis 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

Notes and References

1. Web site: Paleobiology Database: Raphitominae . Paleodb.org . 2011-01-05.
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.