''Apiotoma'' 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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Cochlespiridae
Cochlespiridae is a taxonomic family of predatory sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the superfamily Conoidea.
This family is not well differentiated morphologically, and there is poor congruence between the molecular and shell characters. ...
.
Species
Species within the genus ''Apiotoma'' include:
* † ''
Apiotoma balcombensis''
Powell, 1944.
* † ''
Apiotoma chapplei''
Powell, 1944.
* † ''
Apiotoma chapuisi''
Deshayes, 1865 .
* † ''
Apiotoma epimeces''
Cossmann. 1889 .
** † ''Apiotoma epimeces aizyensis''
Cossmann, 1889
* † ''
Apiotoma pirulata''
Deshayes, 1834
** † ''Apiotoma pirulata'' var. ''chedevillei''
Pezant, 1909
** † ''Apiotoma pirulata'' var. ''grignonensis''
Pezant, 1909
* † ''
Apiotoma pritchardi''
Powell, 1944.
* ''
Apiotoma tibiaformis''
Powell, 1969
* † ''
Apiotoma zelandica''
Beu, 1970
References
* Cossmann, Maurice. ''Catalogue illustré des coquilles fossiles de l'eocène des environs de Paris''. Vol. 4. 1889.
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* Maxime Glibert (1960) "Les Conadea fossiles du Cénozoïque étranger"; Koninklijk Belgisch Instituut voor Natuurwetenschappen; Verhandelingen, tweede reeks, deel 64
* Beu, Alan G. "Descriptions of new species and notes on taxonomy of New Zealand Mollusca." Royal Society of New Zealand, 1970.
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