''Famelica'' is a
genus
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of
sea snails, marine
gastropod mollusk
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s in the
family
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Raphitomidae
Raphitomidae is a family of small to medium-sized sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the superfamily Conoidea.Bouchet P. & Rocroi J.-P. (Ed.) (2005). "Classification and nomenclator of gastropod families". '' Malacologia'' 47(1-2). . 3 ...
.
Species
Species within the genus ''Famelica'' include:
* ''
Famelica acus''
Criscione, Hallan, Puillandre & Fedosov, 2021
* ''
Famelica babelica''
Chino & Stahlschmidt, 2021
* ''
Famelica bitrudis
''Famelica bitrudis'' is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Raphitomidae
Raphitomidae is a family of small to medium-sized sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the superfamily Conoidea.Bouchet P. & Ro ...
''
(Barnard, 1963)
* ''
Famelica catharinae''
(Verrill & Smith, 1884)
* ''
Famelica leucospira''
Abbate, P. O. V. Lima & Simone, 2022
* ''
Famelica mirmidina''
(Dautzenberg & Fischer, 1896)
* ''
Famelica monoceros''
(Watson, 1881)
* ''
Famelica monotropis''
(Dautzenberg & Fischer, 1896)
* ''
Famelica nitida
''Famelica nitida'' is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Raphitomidae.
Description
Distribution
This bathyal
The bathypelagic zone or bathyal zone (from Greek βαθύς (bathýs), deep) is the part of the ...
''
Sysoev, 1990
* ''
Famelica pacifica
''Famelica pacifica'' is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Raphitomidae
Raphitomidae is a family of small to medium-sized sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the superfamily Conoidea.Bouchet P. & Ro ...
''
Sysoev & Kantor, 1987
* ''
Famelica polyacantha''
(Stahlschmidt, Chino & Kilburn, 2012)
* ''
Famelica pukua''
Abbate, P. O. V. Lima & Simone, 2022
* ''
Famelica scipio''
(Dall, 1889)
* ''
Famelica tajourensis
''Famelica tajourensis'' is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Raphitomidae.
Description
Distribution
Thisspecies occurs in the Gulf of Aden
The Gulf of Aden ( ar, خليج عدن, so, Gacanka Cadmeed 𐒅 ...
''
Sysoev & Kantor, 1987
* ''
Famelica tasmanica
''Famelica tasmanica'' is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Raphitomidae
Raphitomidae is a family of small to medium-sized sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the superfamily Conoidea.Bouchet P. & ...
''
Sysoev & Kantor, 1987
* ''
Famelica turritelloides''
Criscione, Hallan, Puillandre & Fedosov, 2021
;Species brought into synonymy:
* ''Famelica ischna''
Dall, 1927: synonym of ''
Famelica monoceros''
(Watson, 1881)
References
* Bouchet, P. & Warén, A. (1980). Revision of the North-East Atlantic bathyal and abyssal Turridae (Mollusca: Gastropoda). Journal of Molluscan Studies. Suppl. 8: 1-119
* Gofas, S.; Le Renard, J.; Bouchet, P. (2001). Mollusca. in: Costello, M.J. et al. (eds), European Register of Marine Species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Patrimoines Naturels. 50: 180–213.
External links
Worldwide Mollusc Species Data Base: Raphitomidae Bouchet, P.; Kantor, Y. I.; Sysoev, A.; Puillandre, N. (2011). ''A new operational classification of the Conoidea (Gastropoda).'' Journal of Molluscan Studies. 77(3): 273-308Criscione, F., Hallan, A., Puillandre, N. & Fedosov, A. (2021). Snails in depth: integrative taxonomy of Famelica, Glaciotomella and Rimosodaphnella (Conoidea: Raphitomidae) from the deep sea of temperate Australia. Invertebrate Systematics. 35: 940-962.
Raphitomidae
Gastropod genera
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