Antimelatoma
Encyclopedia
Antimelatoma is a genus
of predatory sea snail
s, marine
gastropod molluscs in the family
Turridae
, the turrids.
Genus
In biology, a genus is a low-level taxonomic rank used in the biological classification of living and fossil organisms, which is an example of definition by genus and differentia...
of predatory sea snail
Snail
Snail is a common name applied to most of the members of the molluscan class Gastropoda that have coiled shells in the adult stage. When the word is used in its most general sense, it includes sea snails, land snails and freshwater snails. The word snail without any qualifier is however more often...
s, marine
Marine (ocean)
Marine is an umbrella term. As an adjective it is usually applicable to things relating to the sea or ocean, such as marine biology, marine ecology and marine geology...
gastropod molluscs in the family
Family (biology)
In biological classification, family is* a taxonomic rank. Other well-known ranks are life, domain, kingdom, phylum, class, order, genus, and species, with family fitting between order and genus. As for the other well-known ranks, there is the option of an immediately lower rank, indicated by the...
Turridae
Turridae
Turridae, , is a large taxonomic family of predatory sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks, that vary in size from minute to moderately large. With more than 4,000 species, the Turridae is the largest mollusk family and group of marine caenogastropods...
, the turrids.
Species
Species within the genus Antimelatoma include:- Antimelatoma ahiparaAntimelatoma ahiparaAntimelatoma ahipara is a species of predatory sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Turridae, the turrids.- References :...
Powell A. W. BArthur William Baden PowellDr Arthur William Baden Powell CBE was a New Zealand malacologist, naturalist and palaeontologist, a major influence in the study and classification of New Zealand molluscs through much of the twentieth century. He was known to his friends and family by his third name, "Baden".Powell was born at...
, 1942 - Antimelatoma buchanani maorumAntimelatoma buchanani maorumAntimelatoma buchanani maorum is a subspecies of small predatory sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Turridae, the turrids.- References :...
(E. A. Smith, 1877) - Antimelatoma benthicolaAntimelatoma benthicolaAntimelatoma benthicola is a species of predatory sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Turridae, the turrids.- References :...
Powell A. W. BArthur William Baden PowellDr Arthur William Baden Powell CBE was a New Zealand malacologist, naturalist and palaeontologist, a major influence in the study and classification of New Zealand molluscs through much of the twentieth century. He was known to his friends and family by his third name, "Baden".Powell was born at...
, 1942 - Antimelatoma maoriaAntimelatoma maoriaAntimelatoma maoria is a species of predatory sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Turridae, the turrids.- References :* *...
DellRichard DellDr Richard Kenneth Dell was a New Zealand malacologist. He was born in Auckland. As a young boy, he took an interest in shells, collecting them from the shores of Waitemata Harbour. He even managed to start a "museum" in his backyard...
, 1995