''Famelica'' 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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Raphitomidae
Raphitomidae is a Family (biology), family of small to medium-sized sea snails, marine (ocean), marine gastropod mollusks in the superfamily Conoidea.Bouchet P. & Rocroi J.-P. (Ed.) (2005). "Classification and nomenclator of gastropod families" ...
.
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 (biology), family of small to medium-sized sea snails, marine (ocean), marine gastropod mollusks in the superfam ...
''
(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''
Sysoev, 1990
* ''
Famelica pacifica''
Sysoev & Kantor, 1987
* ''
Famelica polyacantha''
(Stahlschmidt, Chino & Kilburn, 2012)
* ''
Famelica pukua''
Abbate, P. O. V. Lima & Simone, 2022
* ''
Famelica scipio''
(Dall, 1889)
* ''
Famelica tajourensis''
Sysoev & Kantor, 1987
* ''
Famelica tasmanica''
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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