Phenatoma

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Phenatoma
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Mollusca Class: Gastropoda Subclass: Orthogastropoda Superorder: Caenogastropoda Order: Sorbeoconcha Suborder: Hypsogastropoda Infraorder: Neogastropoda Superfamily: Conoidea Family: Turridae Genus: Phenatoma Finlay, 1924
Species
See text.

Phenatoma is a genus of predatory sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Turridae, the turrids.

Contents 1 Distribtion 2 Shell description 3 Species 4 References

[edit] Distribtion

This genus is endemic to New Zealand.

[edit] Shell description

The shells of species in this genus are rather large and very tall-spired, but with a narrow body whorl, tapered to a short, deeply notched siphonal canal.

[edit] Species

• Phenatoma rosea (Quoy and Gaimard, 1833)
• Phenatoma zealandica (E A Smith, 1877)
• Phenatoma crassispiralis Marwick, 1929 holotype

[edit] References

• Powell A. W. B., New Zealand Mollusca, William Collins Publishers Ltd, Auckland, New Zealand 1979 ISBN 0-00-216906-1