Abyssochrysos
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| anatomy of Abyssochrysos melanioides removed from the shell | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| (unranked): | clade Caenogastropoda |
| Superfamily: | Abyssochrysoidea |
| Family: | Abyssochrysidae |
| Genus: | Abyssochrysos Tomlin, 1927[1] |
| Type species | |
| Abyssochrysos melanioides Tomlin, 1927 | |
Abyssochrysos is a genus of bathyal sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Abyssochrysidae.[2]
Description
The characteristics (shell, radula and anatomy) of the species mark this genus as simple gastropods, unassigned in the clade Caenogastropoda. Their taenioglossate radula (formula: 2+1+1+1+2) is unique among the Prosobranchia because of the sickle-shaped rachidian tooth and the thick, sinuous, sharply cusped lateral teeth. They have tentacles but lack eyes. The mantle cavity goes deep (about 2½ whorls). The long, wide ctenidium is monopectinate. The pallial gonoducts are closed. The large penis-like organ is a right-dorsal mantle process.[3]
Species
Species within the genus Abyssochrysos include:
- Abyssochrysos bicinctus Bouchet, 1991[4][5]
- Abyssochrysos brasilianus Bouchet, 1991[4][6]
- Abyssochrysos eburneus (Locard, 1897)[7]
- Abyssochrysos melanioides Tomlin, 1927[8]
- Abyssochrysos melvilli (Schepman, 1909)[9]
- Abyssochrysos xouthos Killeen & Oliver, 2000[10][11]
- Species brought into synonymy
- Abyssochrysos bicinctum Bouchet, 1991: synonym of Abyssochrysos bicinctus Bouchet, 1991
- Abyssochrysos brasilianum Bouchet, 1991: synonym of Abyssochrysos brasilianus Bouchet, 1991
- Abyssochrysos eburneum (Locard, 1897): synonym of Abyssochrysos eburneus (Locard, 1897)
References
- ↑ Tomlin J. R. le B. (1927). "Reports on the Marine Mollusca in the Collections of the South African Museum, II: Families Abyssochrysidae, Oocorythidae, Haliotidae, Tonnidae". Annals of the South African Museum 25(1): 77-83, 4 figures. page 77.
- ↑ Abyssochrysos Tomlin, 1927. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 4 May 2010.
- ↑ R.S. 1979. Classification and systematic relationships of the Abyssochrysidae, a relict family of bathyal snails (Prosobranchia; Gastropoda). Smithsonian Contributions to Zoology 290: 1-21
- 1 2 Bouchet P. (1991). "New records and new species of Abyssochrysos (Mollusca, Caenogastropoda). Journal of Natural History 25(2): 305-313. doi:10.1080/00222939100770221.
- ↑ Abyssochrysos bicinctum Bouchet, 1991. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 4 May 2010.
- ↑ Abyssochrysos brasilianum Bouchet, 1991. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 4 May 2010.
- ↑ Abyssochrysos eburneum (Locard, 1897). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 4 May 2010.
- ↑ Abyssochrysos melanioides Tomlin, 1927. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 4 May 2010.
- ↑ Abyssochrysos melvilli (Schepman, 1909). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 4 May 2010.
- ↑ Killeen I. J. & Oliver P. G. (2000). "A new species of Abyssochrysos (Gastropoda: Loxonematoidea) from the Oman margin". Journal of Molluscan Studies 66(1): 95-98. doi:10.1093/mollus/66.1.95
- ↑ Abyssochrysos xouthos Killeen & Oliver, 2000. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 4 May 2010.
- Bouchet P. (1991). New records and new species of Abyssochrysos (Mollusca, Caenogastropoda).' Journal of Natural History 25(2): 305-313
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