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genus

Brachystomia Monterosato, 1884

kingdom Animalia - animals »  phylum Mollusca - mollusks »  class Gastropoda - gastropods »  order Allogastropoda »  family Pyramidellidae

Description

Pyramidellids with small (< 5 mm long), elongate-ovate to truncated, conical, solid shells, of not more than six whorls. No macroscopic sculpture. Columellar tooth present, though sometimes rather retracted. Protoconch medium-sized to small, intorted. Operculum oligogyrous, thin, without a distinct indentation for the columellar tooth. Yellowish, internal process of moderate thickness, gradually decreasing in thickness towards the opercular edges. Tentacles triangular with tentacular pads at their tip. Pigmented mantle organ irregularly oval to circular consisting of yellow and brown patches.
Source: Hoisaeter, 2014. The Pyramidellidae of Norway and adjacent waters.
Author: Jan Delsing

Included taxa

Number of records: 11

species Brachystomia angusta (J.G. Jeffreys, 1867)

Brachystomia angusta

species Brachystomia bipyramidata S. Nomura, 1940
species Brachystomia carrozzai (J.J. Van Aartsen, 1987)

Brachystomia carrozzai

species Brachystomia eulimoides (S.C.T. Hanley, 1844)

Brachystomia eulimoides

species Brachystomia lorellae (Micali, 1987)
species Brachystomia minutiovum (S. Nomura, 1936)

Brachystomia minutiovum

species Brachystomia miyagiana (S. Nomura, 1936)
species Brachystomia omaensis (S. Nomura, 1938)
species Brachystomia perplexissima (S. Nomura, 1937)
species Brachystomia scalaris (W. Macgillivray, 1843)

Brachystomia scalaris

species Brachystomia tenerissima (S. Nomura, 1937)

Links and literature

EN The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera [1280673]

Rees, T. (compiler): The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera [https://www.irmng.org] [as Brachystomia Monterosato, 1884]
Data retrieved on: 30 November 2019

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