Raphitominae was a

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of small to quite large

sea snail Sea snail is a common name for slow-moving marine gastropod molluscs, usually with visible external shells, such as whelk or abalone. They share the taxonomic class Gastropoda with slugs, which are distinguished from snails primarily by the ...

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mollusks in the superfamily Conoidea. Bouchet, Kantor ''et al''. elevated in 2011 the subfamily Raphitominae (which at that point had been placed in the family

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) to the rank of family. This was based on a cladistical analysis of shell morphology, radular characteristics, anatomical characters, and a dataset of molecular sequences of three gene fragments.Bouchet P., Kantor Yu.I., Sysoev A. & Puillandre N. (2011) A new operational classification of the Conoidea. Journal of Molluscan Studies 77: 273–308.
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Genera

Genera within the subfamily Raphitominae used to include: * '' Acrobela'' Thiele, 1925 * ''

Buccinaria ''Buccinaria'' is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Raphitomidae. Species Species within the genus ''Buccinaria'' include: * † ''Buccinaria guacoldae'' Nielsen, 2003 * † ''Buccinaria hoheneggeri'' Kittl, 1887 ...

'' Kittl, 1887 * '' Daphnella'' Hinds, 1844 * ''

Gymnobela ''Gymnobela'' is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Raphitomidae. This genus can sometimes be hardly differentiated from species in the genera ''Spergo'' Dall, 1895, '' Theta'' Clarke, 1959 and ''Speoides yoshidae' ...

'' Verrill, 1884 * '' Homotoma'' Bellardi, 1875 * ''

Kermia ''Kermia'' is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Raphitomidae. This genus is closely related to '' Pseudodaphnella'' Boettger, 1895. They form together a genus-complex with a highly underestimated diversity, leadin ...

'' Oliver, 1915 * ''

Leufroyia ''Leufroyia'' is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Raphitomidae.MolluscaBase (2019). MolluscaBase. Leufroyia Monterosato, 1884. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: http://www.marinespecies.org/ap ...

'' Monterosato, 1884 * '' Pleurotomella'' Verrill, 1872 * '' Raphitoma'' Bellardi, 1848 * ''

Taranis In Celtic mythology, Taranis (Proto-Celtic: *''Toranos'', earlier ''*Tonaros''; Latin: Taranus, earlier Tanarus) is the god of thunder, who was worshipped primarily in Gaul, Hispania, Britain, and Ireland, but also in the Rhineland and Danube reg ...

'' Jeffreys, 1870 * ''

Thatcheria ''Thatcheria'' is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Raphitomidae. Description (Original description) The solid shell is angularly pyriform. The spire is prominent, shorter than the aperture. It is many-whorled w ...

'' 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

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
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