''Horaiclavus'' is a
genus
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of
sea snail
Sea snails are slow-moving marine (ocean), marine gastropod Mollusca, molluscs, usually with visible external shells, such as whelk or abalone. They share the Taxonomic classification, taxonomic class Gastropoda with slugs, which are distinguishe ...
s, marine
gastropod
Gastropods (), commonly known as slugs and snails, belong to a large Taxonomy (biology), taxonomic class of invertebrates within the phylum Mollusca called Gastropoda ().
This class comprises snails and slugs from saltwater, freshwater, and fro ...
mollusk
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s in the
family
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Horaiclavidae
Horaiclavidae is a family of predatory sea snail
Sea snails are slow-moving marine (ocean), marine gastropod Mollusca, molluscs, usually with visible external shells, such as whelk or abalone. They share the Taxonomic classification, taxonomi ...
.
''Horaiclavus'' is the
type genus
In biological taxonomy, the type genus (''genus typica'') is the genus which defines a biological family and the root of the family name.
Zoological nomenclature
According to the International Code of Zoological Nomenclature, "The name-bearin ...
of the family Horaiclavidae.
[Bouchet P., Kantor Yu.I., Sysoev A. & Puillandre N. (2011). "A new operational classification of the Conoidea". '']Journal of Molluscan Studies
The ''Journal of Molluscan Studies'' is the peer-reviewed scientific journal of the Malacological Society of London, covering research in malacology. '' 77: 273-308. .
It was previously included within the subfamily
Crassispirinae
Pseudomelatomidae is a family of predatory sea snails, marine gastropods included in the superfamily Conoidea (previously Conacea) and part of the Neogastropoda ( Bouchet & Rocroi, 2005).
In 1995 Kantor elevated the subfamily Pseudomelatominae ...
, family
Turridae
Turridae is a Taxonomy (biology), taxonomic family (biology), family name for a number of predatory sea snails, Marine (ocean), marine gastropod mollusks in the superfamily Conoidea.MolluscaBase (2018). Turridae H. Adams & A. Adams, 1853 (1838). ...
.
Species
Species within the genus ''Horaiclavus'' include:
* ''
Horaiclavus adenensis''
Bonfitto & Morassi, 2014
* ''
Horaiclavus anaimus''
Sysoev in Fedosov & Kantor, 2008
* ''
Horaiclavus filicinctus''
(Smith E. A., 1882)
* ''
Horaiclavus julieae''
Stahlschmidt, Poppe & Tagaro, 2018
* ''
Horaiclavus kilburni''
Stahlschmidt, 2015
* ''
Horaiclavus madurensis''
(Schepman, 1913)
* ''
Horaiclavus micans''
Kantor, Fedosov & Puillandre, 2018
* ''
Horaiclavus ordinei''
Bonfitto & Morassi, 2014
* ''
Horaiclavus phaeocercus''
Sysoev in Fedosov & Kantor, 2008
* ''
Horaiclavus pulchellus''
Stahlschmidt, Poppe & Tagaro, 2018
* ''
Horaiclavus splendidus''
(Adams A., 1867)
* ''
Horaiclavus stenocyma''
Kuroda, Habe & Oyama, 1971
* ''
Horaiclavus sysoevi''
Smriglio & Mariottini, 2003
;Species brought into synonymy:
* ''Horaiclavus multicostatus''
(Schepman, 1913): synonym of ''
Anguloclavus multicostatus''
(Schepman, 1913)
References
* Kuroda, T.; Habe, T.; Oyama, K. (1971). The sea shells of Sagami Bay. Maruzen Co., Tokyo. xix, 1-741 (Japanese text), 1-489 (English text), 1-51 (Index), pls 1-121
External links
Bonfitto, Antonio, and Mauro Morassi. "Two new Horaiclavus (Horaiclavidae, Conoidea) species from the Indo-Pacific region." Zootaxa 3821.1 (2014): 146-150 Tucker, J.K. 2004 ''Catalog of recent and fossil turrids (Mollusca: Gastropoda)''. Zootaxa 682:1-1295
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
Horaiclavidae
Gastropod genera
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