Hemitoma

Hemitoma
A shell of a Hemitoma species from New Zealand, anterior end to the bottom
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
(unranked): clade Vetigastropoda
Superfamily: Fissurelloidea
Family: Fissurellidae
Subfamily: Hemitominae
Genus: Hemitoma
Swainson, 1840
Type species
Emarginula tricostata G.B. Sowerby I, 1823
Species

See text

Synonyms

Subemarginula Gray, 1847

Hemitoma is a genus of slit limpets, marine gastropod molluscs in the family Fissurellidae, the keyhole limpets and slit limpets. [1]

In this genus of fissurellid, there is an inconspicuous notch at the anterior end of the shell rather than a slit. The notch is best seen in an interior view of the shell.

Species

Species within the genus Hemitoma include:[2]

According to the World Register of Marine Species (WoRMS) the following species names have been accepted [3]

The Indo-Pacific Molluscan Database also includes the following species with names in current use [4]

Subgenus Montfortia, Récluz, 1843
accepted as the genus Montfortia Récluz, 1843
Subgenus Montfortista, Iredale, 1929
Species brought into synonymy

References

  1. Bouchet, P.; Rosenberg, G. (2012). Hemitoma Swainson, 1840. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=206771 on 2013-01-16
  2. http://www.itis.gov/servlet/SingleRpt/SingleRpt?search_topic=TSN&search_value=69618
  3. WoRMS : Hemitoma
  4. OBIS : Hemitoma
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