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Phenatoma
Phenatoma
Phenatoma is a genus of predatory sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Turridae, the turrids.
Distribtion
This genus is endemic to New Zealand.Shell description
The shells of species in this genus are rather large and very tall-spired, but with a narrow body whorl, tapered to a short, deeply notched siphonal canal.Species
- Phenatoma rosea (Quoy and Gaimard, 1833)
- Phenatoma zealandica (E A Smith, 1877)
- Phenatoma crassispiralis Marwick, 1929 holotype
References
- Powell A. W. B., New Zealand Mollusca, William Collins Publishers Ltd, Auckland, New Zealand 1979 ISBN 0-00-216906-1
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