Brachystomia is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Pyramidellidae, the pyrams and their allies.

Description

(Original description in Italian) The aperture is short, and the lip is not dentate . The shells are small, polished, Rissoiform, or turriculate. There is a small tooth on the columella.

Species

Species within the genus Brachystomia include:

  • Brachystomia angusta (Jeffreys, 1867)
  • Brachystomia bipyramidata (Nomura, 1936)
  • Brachystomia carrozzai (van Aartsen, 1987)
  • † Brachystomia centaurana Landau & LaFollette, 2015
  • Brachystomia conica Di Luca, Güller & Zelaya, 2021
  • † Brachystomia coqueberti (Le Renard, 1994)
  • Brachystomia eulimoides (Hanley, 1844)
  • Brachystomia hispanica Nofroni, Renda & Vannozzi, 2022
  • † Brachystomia lapparenti (de Raincourt, 1885)
  • Brachystomia lorellae (Micali, 1987)
  • † Brachystomia lubrica (Deshayes, 1861)
  • † Brachystomia lucida (Bajarunas, 1910) (accepted > unreplaced junior homonym)
  • † Brachystomia miliola (Lamarck, 1804)
  • Brachystomia minutiovum (Nomura, 1936)
  • Brachystomia miyagiana (Nomura, 1936)
  • † Brachystomia nuda (Bajarunas, 1910)
  • † Brachystomia occidentalis (Gougerot, 1981)
  • † Brachystomia perglobosa (Cossmann, 1913)
  • Brachystomia omaensis (Nomura, 1938)
  • Brachystomia perplexissima (Nomura, 1937)
  • † Brachystomia physetum Lozouet, Lesport & Renard, 200
  • Brachystomia pizzinii Nofroni, Renda & Vannozzi, 2022
  • † Brachystomia praenominata (Cossmann, 1921)
  • Brachystomia scalaris (MacGillivray, 1843)
  • Brachystomia sorianoi (Peñas & Rolán, 2006)
  • † Brachystomia succineiformis Guzhov, 2022
  • Brachystomia tenerissima (Nomura, 1937)
  • Brachystomia tenuilirata Di Luca, Güller & Zelaya, 2021
  • † Brachystomia turritella (Grateloup, 1828)

Species brought into synonymy

  • Brachystomia albella (Lovén, 1846): synonym of Odostomia albel (Lovén, 1846): synonym of Odostomia unidentata (Montagu, 1803) (superseded combination)
  • † Brachystomia cerullii Marquet, 1997: synonym of † Ondina cerullii (Cossmann, 1921) (junior objective synonym, unnecessary replacement name, already replaced by Cossmann 1921
  • Brachystomia electa (Jeffreys, 1883): synonym of Brachystomia eulimoides (Hanley, 1844)
  • Brachystomia improbabilis (Oberling, 1970): synonym of Odostomia improbabilis Oberling, 1970 (superseded combination)
  • Brachystomia lukisi (Jeffreys, 1859): synonym of Odostomia lukisii Jeffreys, 1859
  • Landau B.M. & LaFollette P.I. (2015). The Pyramidellidae (Mollusca: Gastropoda) from the Miocene Cantaure Formation of Venezuela. Cainozoic Research. 15(1-2): 13-54.

External links

  • Crosse, H. (1885). . Journal de Conchyliologie. 33: 141.