Raphitominae

Raphitominae

Apertural view of a shell of Phymorhynchus castaneus
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
(unranked):	clade Caenogastropoda clade Hypsogastropoda clade Neogastropoda
Superfamily:	Conoidea
Family:	Conidae
Subfamily:	Raphitominae A. Bellardi, 1875
Synonyms^[1]
Daphnellinae Casey, 1904 Taraninae Casey, 1904 Thatcheriidae Powell, 1942 Pleurotomellinae F. Nordsieck, 1968 Andoniinae Vera-Pelaez, 2002

Raphitominae was a subfamily of small to quite large sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Conidae.^[2]^[1]

Genera

Acrobela Thiele, 1925
Bellardiella Tapparone Canefri, 1883
Buccinaria Kittl, 1887
Daphnella Hinds, 1844
Gymnobela Verrill, 1884
Homotoma Bellardi, 1875
Kermia Oliver, 1915
Pleurotomella Verrill, 1872
Raphitoma Bellardi, 1848
Taranis Jeffreys, 1870
Thatcheria Angas, 1877

Genera brought into synonymy

Allo Jousseaume, 1934 : synonym of Taranis Jeffreys, 1870
Clathurina Melvill, 1917 : synonym of Kermia Oliver, 1915
Cordiera : synonym of Cordieria Rouault, 1848
Eudaphne Bartsch, 1931 : synonym of Daphnella Hinds, 1844
Leufroyia Monterosato, 1884 : synonym of Raphitoma Bellardi, 1848
Ootoma Koperberg, 1931 : synonym of Buccinaria Kittl, 1887
Ootomella Bartsch, 1933 : synonym of Buccinaria Kittl, 1887
Pionotoma Kuroda, 1952 : synonym of Buccinaria Kittl, 1887
Rhaphitoma : synonym of Raphitoma Bellardi, 1848
Speoides Kuroda & Habe, 1961 : synonym of Gymnobela Verrill, 1884

References

^ ^a ^b Bouchet P., Rocroi J.-P., Frýda J., Hausdorf B., Ponder W., Valdés Á. & Warén A. (2005). "Classification and nomenclator of gastropod families". Malacologia: International Journal of Malacology (Hackenheim, Germany: ConchBooks) 47 (1-2): 1–397. ISBN 3925919724. ISSN 0076-2997. http://www.archive.org/details/malacologia47122005inst.
^ "Paleobiology Database: Raphitominae". Paleodb.org. http://paleodb.org/cgi-bin/bridge.pl?action=basicTaxonInfo&taxon_no=121085. Retrieved 2011-01-05.

Vaught, K.C. (1989). A classification of the living Mollusca. American Malacologists: Melbourne, FL (USA). ISBN 0-915826-22-4. XII, 195 pp

Further reading

Kantor Y. I. & Taylor J. D. (2002). "Foregut anatomy and relationships of raphitomine gastropods (Gastropoda: Conoidea: Raphitominae)". In" "Systematics, Phylogeny and Biology of the Neogastropoda." Ed by Oliverio, M. and R. Chemello, editors. Boll Malacologico. Suppl. 5: 161-174.