Antimelatoma facts for kids
Quick facts for kids Antimelatoma |
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| A shell of Antimelatoma buchanani maorum | |
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
| Order: | Neogastropoda |
| Superfamily: | Conoidea |
| Family: | Pseudomelatomidae |
| Genus: | Antimelatoma Powell, 1942 |
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| Drillia maorum E.A. Smith, 1877
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Antimelatoma is a genus of predatory sea snails, marine gastropod molluscs in the family Pseudomelatomidae, the turrids.
Species
Species within the genus Antimelatoma include:
- Antimelatoma buchanani (Hutton, 1873)
- † Antimelatoma waimea Beu, 2011
- Species brought into synonymy
- Antimelatoma agasma Cotton, 1947: synonym of Splendrillia woodsi (Beddome, 1883)
- Antimelatoma ahipara Powell A. W. B, 1942: synonym of Antimelatoma buchanani (Hutton, 1873)
- Antimelatoma benthicola Powell A. W. B, 1942: synonym of Antimelatoma buchanani (Hutton, 1873)
- Antimelatoma canyonensis Dell, 1956: synonym of Leucosyrinx canyonensis (Dell, 1956)
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