Hemitoma
Hemitoma is a genus of slit limpets, marine gastropod molluscs in the family Fissurellidae, the keyhole limpets and slit limpets.[1]
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| A shell of a Hemitoma species from New Zealand, anterior end to the bottom | |
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| Subfamily: | Hemitominae |
| Genus: | Hemitoma Swainson, 1840 |
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| Emarginula tricostata Sowerby, 1823 | |
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Subemarginula Gray, 1847 | |
In this genus of fissurellid, there is an inconspicuous notch at the anterior end of the shell rather than a slit. The notch is best seen in an interior view of the shell.
Species
Species within the genus Hemitoma include:[2]
According to the World Register of Marine Species (WoRMS) the following species names have been accepted [3]
- Hemitoma cumingii Sowerby, 1863
- Hemitoma imbricata (Adams, 1851)
- Hemitoma octoradiata (Gmelin, 1791)
- Hemitoma polygonalis (Adams, 1852)
The Indo-Pacific Molluscan Database also includes the following species with names in current use [4]
- Hemitoma arabica (Adams, 1852)
- Hemitoma modesta (Adams, 1872)
- Hemitoma subrugosa Thiele, 1916
- Hemitoma simpla Christiaens, 1987
- Subgenus Montfortia, Récluz, 1843
- accepted as the genus Montfortia Récluz, 1843
- Hemitoma cratitia (Adams, 1852)
- Subgenus Montfortista, Iredale, 1929
- Hemitoma oldhamiana (Nevill, 1869)
- Species brought into synonymy
- Hemitoma emarginata (Blainville, 1825): synonym of Montfortia emarginata (Blainville, 1825)
- Hemitoma excentrica (Iredale, 1929): synonym of Montfortista excentrica (Iredale, 1929)
- Hemitoma hermosa Lowe, 1935: synonym of Montfortia hermosa (Lowe, 1935)
- Hemitoma livescens (Reeve, 1865): synonym of Cellana livescens (Reeve, 1855)
- Hemitoma natlandi Durham, 1950: synonym of Octomarginula natlandi (Durham, 1950)
- Hemitoma panhi (Quoy & Gaimard, 1834): synonym of Montfortista panhi (Quoy & Gaimard, 1834)
- Hemitoma profunda (Deshayes, 1863): synonym of Eoacmaea profunda (Deshayes, 1863)
- Hemitoma rubida Verrill, 1850: synonym of Hemitoma octoradiata (Gmelin, 1791)
- Hemitoma subemarginata (Blainville, 1819): synonym of Montfortia subemarginata (Blainville, 1819)
- Hemitoma tricarinata (Born, 1778): synonym of Amathina tricarinata (Linnaeus, 1767)
References
- Bouchet, P.; Rosenberg, G. (2012). Hemitoma Swainson, 1840. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=206771 on 2013-01-16
- https://www.itis.gov/servlet/SingleRpt/SingleRpt?search_topic=TSN&search_value=69618
- WoRMS : Hemitoma
- OBIS : Hemitoma
- Vaught, K.C. (1989). A classification of the living Mollusca. American Malacologists: Melbourne, FL (USA). ISBN 0-915826-22-4. XII, 195 pp.
- McLean J.H. (2011) Reinstatement of the fissurellid subfamily Hemitominae, with the description of new genera, and proposed evolutionary lineage, based on morphological characters of shell and radula (Gastropoda: Vetigastropoda). Malacologia 54(1-2): 407-427
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