Brachytoma Explained

Brachytoma is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Pseudomelatomidae.^[1]

R.N. Kilburn proposed in 1989 the name Brachytoma to be rejected, since the type species Pleurotoma strombiformis G. B. Sowerby II, 1839 is considered a nomen dubium and there is no valid ground for conferring type status upon it.^[2]

Species

Species within the genus Brachytoma include:

• † Brachytoma annandalei Vredenburg, 1921
• † Brachytoma buddhaica Vredenburg, 1921
• † Brachytoma convexa Vredenburg, 1921
• † Brachytoma gautama Vredenburg, 1921
• † Brachytoma pinfoldi Vredenburg, 1921
• † Brachytoma obtusangula (Brocchi, 1814) ^[3]
• † Brachytoma reticulata Vredenburg, 1921
• Brachytoma rioensis (Smith E. A., 1915)
• Brachytoma rufolineata (Schepman, 1913)
• † Brachytoma sarasvati Vredenburg, 1921
• † Brachytoma simazirianus Nomura & Zinbo, 1936
• Brachytoma stromboides (G. B. Sowerby I, 1832) (nomen dubium)
• † Brachytoma tjemoroensis Martin, 1903
• † Brachytoma yabei Vredenburg, 1921

Species brought into synonymy:

• Brachytoma alma Thiele, 1930: synonym of Inquisitor lassulus Hedley, 1922 (junior synonym)
• Brachytoma crenularis Graveley, 1942: synonym of Ptychobela nodulosa (Gmelin, 1791)
• Brachytoma investigatoris Smith, 1899: synonym of Drillia investigatoris (Smith, 1899)
• Brachytoma kawamurai Habe & Kosuge, 1966: synonym of Cheungbeia kawamurai (Habe & Kosuge, 1966) (original combination)
• Brachytoma kurodai Habe & Kosuge, 1966 : synonym of Inquisitor kurodai (Habe & Kosuge, 1966)
• † Brachytoma sacra Reeve, 1845:synonym of † Tylotiella sacra (Reeve, 1845)
• Brachytoma sinensis (Hinds, 1843): synonym of Crassispira sinensis (Hinds, 1843)
• Brachytoma spuria (Hedley, 1922): synonym of Turricula nelliae spuria (Hedley, 1922)
• Brachytoma strombiformis (G. B. Sowerby I, 1832): synonym of Brachytoma stromboides (G. B. Sowerby I, 1832) (incorrect subsequent spelling)
• Brachytoma subsuturalis (E. von Martens, 1902): synonym of Comitas subsuturalis (E. von Martens, 1902)
• Brachytoma sumatrensis Powell, 1966: synonym of Ptychobela sumatrensis (Petit de la Saussaye, 1852)
• Brachytoma takeokensis Otuka, 1949: synonym of Crassispira takeokensis (Otuka, 1949) (original combination)
• Brachytoma tuberosa (E. A. Smith, 1875): synonym of Inquisitor tuberosus (E. A. Smith, 1875)
• Brachytoma vexillum Habe & Kosuge, 1966 : synonym of Ptychobela vexillium (Habe & Kosuge, 1966) (original combination)
• Brachytoma zuiomaru Nomura & Hatai, 1940: synonym of Inquisitor jeffreysii (E. A. Smith, 1875): synonym of Funa jeffreysii (E. A. Smith, 1875)

Further investigation needed:

• Brachytoma strombiformis (G.B. Sowerby II, 1839) (species inquirenda)

References

• E. Vredenburg. 1921. Comparative diagnoses of Pleurotomidae from the Tertiary formations of Burma. Records of the Geological Survey of India 53:83-129

External links

• Tucker . J.K. . 2004 . Catalog of recent and fossil turrids (Mollusca: Gastropoda) . Zootaxa . 682 . 1–1295 . 10.11646/zootaxa.682.1.1 .
• Bouchet, P.; Kantor, Y. I.; Sysoev, A.; Puillandre, N. (2011). A new operational classification of the Conoidea (Gastropoda). Journal of Molluscan Studies. 77(3): 273-308

Notes and References

1. P. Bouchet . Yu. I. Kantor . A. Sysoev . N. Puillandre . amp . 2011 . A new operational classification of the Conoidea (Gastropoda) . . 77 . 3 . 273–308 . 10.1093/mollus/eyr017. free .
2. http://journals.co.za/docserver/fulltext/annals/30/1/363.pdf?expires=1525188624&id=id&accname=guest&checksum=8309010F241C0A8530CF0627F2F3E4C6 Kilburn, R. N. "Notes on Ptychobela and Brachytoma, with the description of a new species from Mozambique (Mollusca: Gastropoda: Turridae)." Annals of the Natal Museum 30.1 (1989): 185-196
3. https://science.mnhn.fr/institution/mnhn/collection/f/item/a50603?listIndex=1&listCount=2 MNHN, Parisd: Brachytoma obtusangula