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Phenatoma
Sign in to savePhenatoma is a genus of predatory sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Borsoniidae.
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GENUS
- KingdomAnimalia
- PhylumMollusca
- ClassGastropoda
- OrderNeogastropoda
- FamilyBorsoniidae
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Museum specimens
- Specimen records
- 99
- With media
- 2
- Family
- Borsoniidae
- Collections
- UCMP, USNM, INHS, DMNH, NMV, AM
- Recorded in
- New Zealand
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Phenatoma is a genus of predatory sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Borsoniidae.
==Species== Species within the genus Phenatoma include: † Phenatoma decessor Marwick, 1928 † Phenatoma lawsi Powell, 1942 † Phenatoma perlata (Suter, 1917) † Phenatoma precursor Powell, 1942 Phenatoma roseum (Quoy & Gaimard, 1833) Phenatoma zealandica (E. A. Smith, 1877) Species brought into synonymy: † Phenatoma (Cryptomella) crassispiralis Marwick, 1929: synonym of † Tomopleura crassispiralis (Marwick, 1929) Phenatoma novaezelandiae (Reeve, 1843): synonym of Phenatoma rosea (Quoy & Gaimard, 1833) † Phenatoma (Cryptomella) crassispiralis Marwick, 1929: synonym of † Tomopleura crassispiralis (Marwick, 1929) (original combination)
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