Pleurotomaria
Encyclopedia
Pleurotomaria is a genus
of sea snail
s, marine gastropod mollusks in the family
Pleurotomariidae
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Species brought into synonymy :
With current taxonomic changes the genus Pleurotomaria has been reserved exclusively for fossil species, denoted with: †
Known fossil species of Pleurotomaria include:
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...
Pleurotomariidae
Pleurotomariidae
Pleurotomariidae, common name the '"slit snails", is a family of large marine gastropods in the clade Vetigastropoda. This family is very ancient; there were numerous species in the geological past. It is currently represented by a group of species that live only in deep water...
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Species
Species within the genus Pleurotomaria include:Species brought into synonymy :
- Pleurotomaria adansoniana Crosse & P. Fischer, 1861: synonym of Entemnotrochus adansonianusEntemnotrochus adansonianusEntemnotrochus adansonianus is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Pleurotomariidae....
(Crosse & P. Fischer, 1861) - Pleurotomaria africana Tomlin, 1948 : synonym of Bayerotrochus africanusBayerotrochus africanusBayerotrochus africanus, common name the South African Slit Shell, is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Pleurotomariidae.-References:...
(Tomlin, 1948) - Pleurotomaria beyrichii Hilgendorf, 1877 : synonym of Mikadotrochus beyrichiiMikadotrochus beyrichiiMikadotrochus beyrichii is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Pleurotomariidae....
(Hilgendorf, 1877) - Pleurotomaria hirasei Pilsbry, 1903 : synonym of Mikadotrochus hiraseiMikadotrochus hiraseiMikadotrochus hirasei is a species of large deepwater sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Pleurotomariidae, the slit snails.-Description:...
(Pilsbry, 1903) - Pleurotomaria quoyana P. Fischer & Bernardi, 1856 : synonym of Perotrochus quoyanus quoyanus (P. Fischer & Bernardi, 1856)
- Pleurotomaria rumphii Schepman, 1879 : synonym of Entemnotrochus rumphiiEntemnotrochus rumphiiEntemnotrochus rumphii is a species of large sea snail with gills and an operculum, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Pleurotomariidae, the slit snails....
(Schepman, 1879) - Pleurotomaria salmiana Rolle, 1899 : synonym of Mikadotrochus salmianus (Rolle, 1899)
- Pleurotomaria westralis Whitehead, 1987 : synonym of Bayerotrochus westralisBayerotrochus westralisBayerotrochus westralis, commonly known as "Australia's split shell", is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Pleurotomariidae.-Description:...
(Whitehead, 1987)
With current taxonomic changes the genus Pleurotomaria has been reserved exclusively for fossil species, denoted with: †
Known fossil species of Pleurotomaria include: