Chrysodomus
Encyclopedia
Chrysodomus is a genus
of sea snail
s, marine gastropod mollusks in the family
Buccinidae
, the true whelks.
This genus is considered a junior subjective synonym of Neptunea
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 sea snail
Sea snail
Sea snail is a common name for those snails that normally live in saltwater, marine gastropod molluscs....
s, marine gastropod mollusks 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...
Buccinidae
Buccinidae
Buccinidae is a very large and diverse taxonomic family of large sea snails, often known as whelks or true whelks.True whelks are mostly marine gastropod mollusks in the clade Neogastropoda...
, the true whelks.
This genus is considered a junior subjective synonym of Neptunea
Neptunea
Neptunea is a genus of large sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Buccinidae, the true whelks. -Species:According to the World Register of Marine Species , the following species with valid names are included within the genus Neptunea : * Neptunea acutispiralis Okutani, 1968* Neptunea...
Species
Species within the genus Chrysodomus included: :- Chrysodomus amiantus Dall, 1890 : synonym of Neptunea amianta (Dall, 1890)
- Chrysodomus archibenthalis Melvill & Standen, 1907 : synonym of Pontiothauma archibenthalisPontiothauma archibenthalisPontiothauma archibenthalis is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Conidae.-External links:*...
(Melvill & Standen, 1907) - Chrysodomus crassicostatus Melvill & Standen, 1907 : synonym of Prosipho crassicostatusProsipho crassicostatusProsipho crassicostatus is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Buccinidae, the true whelks....
(Melvill & Standen, 1907) - Chrysodomus crebricostatus Dall, 1877 accepted as Beringius crebricostatusBeringius crebricostatusBeringius crebricostatus is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Buccinidae, the true whelks....
(Dall, 1877) - Chrysodomus hypolispus Dall, 1891: synonym of Latisipho hypolispus (Dall, 1891)
- Chrysodomus magnus Dall, 1895 : synonym of Clinopegma magna (Dall, 1895)
- Chrysodomus ossiana (Friele, 1879) : synonym of Beringius turtoniBeringius turtoniBeringius turtoni is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Buccinidae, the true whelks....
(Bean, 1834) - Chrysodomus rectirostris Carpenter, 1864 : synonym of Exilioidea rectirostrisExilioidea rectirostrisExilioidea rectirostris is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Ptychatractidae....
(Carpenter, 1864) - Chrysodomus roseus Dall, 1877 accepted as Colus roseus (Dall, 1877)