Philbertia
Philbertia is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Raphitomidae.[1] Some of the species that were formerly in this genus have been transferred to the genus Raphitoma.
Philbertia became a synonym of Raphitoma Bellardi, 1848 because Dr. P. Bouchet (1990) did not consider valid the subdivision of species into different genera solely on the basis of differences during larval development [2] [3].
In describing Raphitoma, the World Register of Marine Species (WoRMS) relies on an unpublished database "Nomenclator of Molluscan Supraspecific Names" by Bouchet P. & Rocroi J.-P. (2010). However, the WoRMS database still (December 2011) shows 21 species retaining the genus name Philbertia. The website Gastropods.com also still accepts many species of Philbertia as valid, others as synonyms [4]. Furthermore, in their publication "A new operational classification of the Conoidea (Gastropoda)", Bouchet, Kantor et al. (2011) still recognize Philbertia as a valid genus in the Raphitomidae [5].
Species
Species within the genus Philbertia appear to be still (December 2011) treated by WoRMS as including:
- Philbertia alba (Deshayes, 1863)
- Philbertia alfredensis (Turton W. H., 1932)
- Philbertia alternans Monterosato, 1884
- Philbertia arnoldi Pallary, 1906
- Philbertia atropurpurea (Locard & Caziot, 1900)
- Philbertia bracteata (Pallary, 1904)
- Philbertia cala (Watson, 1886)
- Philbertia centrosa (Pilsbry, 1904)
- Philbertia doris Dall, 1919
- Philbertia episema (Melvill & Standen, 1896)
- Philbertia felina (Reeve, 1843)
- Philbertia japonica (Melvill, 1895)
- Philbertia mirabilis (Pallary, 1904)
- Philbertia papillosa Pallary, 1904
- Philbertia perinsignis (Smith E. A., 1884)
- Philbertia perparva (Watson, 1881)
- Philbertia rubroguttata (Adams H., 1872)
- Philbertia shaskyi McLean & Poorman, 1971
- Philbertia tincta (Reeve, 1846)
- Philbertia tokyoensis (Pilsbry, 1895)
- Species brought into synonymy
- Philbertia aethra Dall, 1919: synonym of Kurtzia aethra (Dall, 1919)
- Philbertia bofilliana Sulliotti, 1889: synonym of Raphitoma bofilliana (Sulliotti, 1889)
- Philbertia capaniola Dall, 1919: synonym of Clathurella capaniola (Dall, 1919)
- Philbertia concinna (Scacchi, 1836): synonym of Raphitoma concinna (Scacchi, 1836)
- Philbertia densa Monterosato, 1884: synonym of Raphitoma densa (Monterosato, 1884)
- Philbertia dictynna Dall, 1919: synonym of Decipifus dictynna Dall, 1919
- Philbertia ephaedra Dall, 1919: synonym of Kurtzia ephaedra (Dall, 1919)
- Philbertia extenuata Dall, 1927 : synonym of Clathurella extenuata (Dall, 1927)
- Philbertia fraternalis Dall, 1919: synonym of Nannodiella fraternalis (Dall, 1919)
- Philbertia granicostata (Reeve, 1846): synonym of Pseudodaphnella granicostata (Reeve, 1846)
- Philbertia helena Dall, 1919: synonym of Pyrgocythara helena (Dall, 1919)
- Philbertia hesione Dall, 1919: synonym of Crockerella hesione (Dall, 1919)
- Philbertia hilaira Dall, 1919: synonym of Agathotoma hilaira (Dall, 1919)
- Philbertia linearis Montagu, 1803: synonym of Raphitoma linearis (Montagu, 1803)
- Philbertia marchadi Knudsen, 1956: synonym of Kyllinia marchadi (Knudsen, 1956)
- Philbertia nana Dall, 1919: synonym of Nannodiella nana (Dall, 1919)
- Philbertia nexa L. A. Reeve, 1845: synonym of Pseudodaphnella nexa (L.A. Reeve, 1845)
- Philbertia perdecorata Dall, 1927: synonym of Clathurella perdecorata (Dall, 1927)
- Philbertia phylira Dall, 1919: synonym of Glyptaesopus phylira (Dall, 1919)
- Philbertia pruinosa Pallary, 1906: synonym of Raphitoma pruinosa (Pallary, 1906)
- Philbertia purpurea (Montagu, 1803): synonym of Raphitoma purpurea (Montagu, 1803)
- Philbertia queenslandica Shuto, 1983: synonym of Glyphostomoides queenslandica (Shuto, 1983)
- Philbertia reticulata (Renieri, 1804): synonym of Raphitoma echinata (Brocchi, 1814)
- Philbertia scammoni Dall, 1919: synonym of Pyrgocythara scammoni (Dall, 1919)
- Philbertia stonei Hertlein & Strong, 1939: synonym of Truncadaphne stonei (Hertlein & Strong, 1939)
- Philbertia trichodes Dall, 1919: synonym of Microdaphne trichodes (Dall, 1919)
References
- Filmer R.M. (2001). A Catalogue of Nomenclature and Taxonomy in the Living Conidae 1758 - 1998. Backhuys Publishers, Leiden. 388pp
- Terlizzi, A.; Scuderi, D.; Fraschetti, S.; Anderson, M.J. (2005). Quantifying effects of pollution on biodiversity: a case study of highly diverse molluscan assemblages in the Mediterranean. Mar. Biol. 148(2): 293-305