Pleurotomella is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Raphitomidae.
Description
(Original description by Verrill) As at present understood, this genus is intended to include those species which have a rather broad and very distinct subsutural band, crossed by excurved lines of growth corresponding to the form of the posterior sinus of the lip, which is situated a little below the suture and is always pretty well-developed, but is sometimes broad and shallow, and at other times narrower and very deep. The outer lip is always thin and sharp, without any appearance of a varix, nor is there any deposit of callus on the body whorl, in front of the aperture. The siphonal canal is well developed, generally constricted at the base and somewhat elongated, and usually but slightly curved. In a few of the species, doubtfully referred to hie genus, it is short and wide. The columella-margin is more or less sinuous. The protoconch differs in sculpture, and usually in color, from the rest of the whorls, and is generally minutely cancellated by fine raised lines running obliquely in opposite directions. The remaining whorls are elegantly sculptured by longitudinal ribs and revolving cinguli, and usually have a distinct shoulder or carina, which is frequently nodulous, below the subsutural band. The animal is destitute of an operculum, and, in all the species hitherto examined, is without eyes. The dentition consists of rather strong uncini, usually with a barbed tip and broad base.
(Description by Dall) The larval shell is multispiral. The adult shell shows a small blunt protoconch of several (usually) swollen whorls, closely arcuately axially ribbed. This protoconch is dark and sculptured with criss-cross lines, strongly contrasting with the rest of the shell. The succeeding short-fusiform whorls have an axial and (fainter) spiral sculpture. The anal sulcus is close to the suture, deep and wide, with a distinct fasciole. The siphonal canal is very short, narrow, recurved. The outer lip is thin, simple and sharp. The columella is thin, gyrate, anteriorly obliquely truncate, almost pervious. The animal is blind and lacks an operculum
Species
Species within the genus Pleurotomella include:
- Pleurotomella aculeata <small>(Webster, 1906)</small>
- Pleurotomella aculeola <small>(Hedley, 1915)</small>
- Pleurotomella allisoni <small>Rehder & Ladd, 1973</small>
- Pleurotomella amphiblestrum <small>(Melvill, 1904)</small>
- Pleurotomella amplecta <small>(Hedley, 1922)</small>
- Pleurotomella anceyi <small>(Dautzenberg & Fischer, 1897)</small>
- Pleurotomella annulata <small>Thiele, 1912</small>
- Pleurotomella anomalapex <small>Powell, 1951</small>
- â Pleurotomella balcombensis <small>(Powell, 1944)</small>
- â Pleurotomella bateroensis <small>Lozouet, 1999</small>
- Pleurotomella bathybia <small>Strebel, 1908</small>
- Pleurotomella bathysinuata <small>Criscione & Hallan, 2025</small>
- â Pleurotomella bellistriata <small>Clark, 1895</small>
- Pleurotomella benedicti <small>Verrill, 1884</small>
- â Pleurotomella bezanconi <small>Cossmann, 1902</small>
- â Pleurotomella bezoyensis <small>Lozouet, 2017</small>
- Pleurotomella borbonica <small>J.C. Melvill, 1923</small>
- Pleurotomella brenchleyi <small>(Angas, 1877)</small>
- Pleurotomella buccinoides <small>(Shuto, 1983)</small>
- Pleurotomella bullata <small>(Laseron, 1954)</small>
- Pleurotomella bureaui <small>(Dautzenberg & Fischer, 1897)</small>
- Pleurotomella cala <small>(R. B. Watson, 1886)</small>
- Pleurotomella capricornea <small>(Hedley, 1922)</small>
- â Pleurotomella chapplei <small>(Powell, 1944)</small>
- Pleurotomella circumvoluta <small>(Watson, 1881)</small>
- Pleurotomella clathurellaeformis <small>Schepman, 1913</small>
- Pleurotomella coelorhaphe <small>(Dautzenberg & Fischer H., 1896)</small>
- Pleurotomella compacta <small>(Hedley, 1922)</small>
- â Pleurotomella contigua <small>(Powell, 1944)</small>
- Pleurotomella corrida <small>Dall, 1927</small>
- â Pleurotomella cuspidata <small>(Chapple, 1934)</small>
- Pleurotomella deliciosa <small>Thiele, 1912</small>
- Pleurotomella demosia <small>(Dautzenberg & Fischer, 1896)</small>
- â Pleurotomella dimeres <small>(Cossmann, 1889)</small>
- Pleurotomella dinora <small>Dall, 1908</small>
- Pleurotomella ecphora <small>(Melvill, 1904)</small>
- Pleurotomella elisa <small>Thiele, 1925</small>
- Pleurotomella elusiva <small>(Dall, 1881)</small>
- Pleurotomella endeavourensis <small>Dell, 1990</small>
- Pleurotomella enderbyensis <small>Powell, 1958</small>
- Pleurotomella enora <small>(Dall, 1908)</small>
- â Pleurotomella eomargaritata <small>Lozouet, 2015</small>
- â Pleurotomella esmeralda <small>Olsson, 1964</small>
- â Pleurotomella espisbosensis <small>Lozouet, 2015</small>
- Pleurotomella eulimenes <small>(Melvill, 1904)</small>
- Pleurotomella eurybrocha <small>(Dautzenberg & Fischer, 1896)</small>
- Pleurotomella evadne <small>Melvill, 1912</small>
- Pleurotomella expeditionis <small>(Dell, 1956)</small>
- Pleurotomella formosa <small>(Jeffreys, 1867)</small>
- â Pleurotomella fragilis <small>(Deshayes, 1834)</small>
- Pleurotomella frigida <small>Thiele, 1912</small>
- Pleurotomella gibbera <small>Bouchet & Warén, 1980</small>
- â Pleurotomella goniocolpa <small>(Cossmann, 1889)</small>
- â Pleurotomella granulatorappardi <small>Janssen, 1979</small>
- Pleurotomella granuliapicata <small>Okutani, 1964</small>
- â Pleurotomella grimmertingenensis <small>Marquet, Lenaerts & Laporte, 2016</small>
- â Pleurotomella guespellensis <small>(Cossmann, 1889)</small>
- Pleurotomella hadria <small>(Dall, 1889)</small>
- Pleurotomella hayesiana <small>(Angas, 1871)</small>
- Pleurotomella helena <small>Thiele, 1925</small>
- Pleurotomella herminea <small>Dall, 1919</small>
- Pleurotomella hermione <small>(Dall, 1919)</small>
- Pleurotomella hypermnestra <small>Melvill, 1912</small>
- Pleurotomella imitator <small>(Dall, 1927)</small>
- Pleurotomella innocentia <small>(Dell, 1990)</small>
- â Pleurotomella insignifica <small>(Heilprin, 1879)</small>
- â Pleurotomella intermedia <small>Gougerot & Le Renard, 1982</small>
- Pleurotomella ipara <small>(Dall, 1881)</small>
- â Pleurotomella irminonvilla <small>Pacaud, 2021</small>
- Pleurotomella itama <small>(Melvill, 1906)</small>
- Pleurotomella lottae <small>Verrill, 1885</small>:
- Pleurotomella lucasii <small>(Melvill, J.C., 1904)</small>
- Pleurotomella maitasi <small>Engl, 2008</small>
- Pleurotomella marshalli <small>(Sykes, 1906)</small>
- â Pleurotomella megapex <small>Lozouet, 1999</small>
- Pleurotomella minuta <small>Sysoev & Ivanov, 1985</small>
- â Pleurotomella neerrepenensis <small>Marquet, Lenaerts & Laporte, 2016</small>
- Pleurotomella nipri <small>(Numanami, 1996)</small>
- Pleurotomella normalis <small>(Dall, 1881)</small>
- Pleurotomella obesa <small>Bouchet & Warén, 1980</small>
- â Pleurotomella obesula <small>Landau, Harzhauser & Giannuzzi-Savelli, 2022</small>
- Pleurotomella ohlini <small>(Strebel, 1905)</small>
- Pleurotomella orariana <small>(Dall, 1908)</small>
- â Pleurotomella orthocolpa <small>Cossmann, 1902</small>
- Pleurotomella packardii <small>Verrill, 1872</small>
- Pleurotomella pandionis <small>(A. E. Verrill, 1880)</small>
- Pleurotomella papyracea <small>(Watson, 1881)</small>
- Pleurotomella parella <small>Dall, 1908</small>
- Pleurotomella perpauxilla <small>(Watson, 1881)</small>
- Pleurotomella petiti <small>Kantor, Harasewych & Puillandre, 2016</small>
- â Pleurotomella polycolpa <small>(Cossmann, 1889)</small>
- Pleurotomella porcellana <small>(Watson, 1886)</small>
- â Pleurotomella protocarinata <small>Lozouet, 2017</small>
- â Pleurotomella protocostulata <small>Lozouet, 2017</small>
- Pleurotomella pudens <small>(Watson, 1881)</small>
- Pleurotomella puella <small>Thiele, 1925</small>
- â Pleurotomella quoniamensis <small>(Boussac in Périer, 1941)</small>
- â Pleurotomella rappardi <small>(von Koenen, 1867)</small>
- â Pleurotomella rappardiformis <small>Lozouet, 2017</small>
- Pleurotomella rossi <small>Dell, 1990</small>
- â Pleurotomella rothauseni <small>(Gürs, 1998)</small>
- Pleurotomella rugosa <small>(Laseron, 1954)</small>
- Pleurotomella sandersoni <small>Verrill, 1884</small>
- Pleurotomella sansibarica <small>Thiele, 1925</small>
- Pleurotomella sepulta <small>(Laseron, 1954)</small>
- Pleurotomella siberutensis <small>(Thiele, 1925)</small>
- Pleurotomella simillima <small>Thiele, 1912</small>
- Pleurotomella spicula <small>(Laseron, 1954)</small>
- â Pleurotomella spinosa <small>Lozouet, 2015</small>
- â Pleurotomella striarella <small>(Lamarck, 1804)</small>
- â Pleurotomella striatulata <small>Lamarck, 1822</small>
- Pleurotomella thalassica <small>Dall, 1919</small>
- Pleurotomella tippetti <small>Kantor, Harasewych & Puillandre, 2016</small>
- â Pleurotomella turrita <small>Landau, Harzhauser & Giannuzzi-Savelli, 2022</small>
- Pleurotomella ursula <small>Thiele, 1925</small>
- â Pleurotomella vagans <small>(Koch & Wiechmann, 1872)</small>
- Pleurotomella vaginata <small>Dall, 1927</small>
- Pleurotomella vera <small>Thiele, 1925</small>
- Pleurotomella vercoi <small>(G.B. Sowerby III, 1896)</small>
- â Pleurotomella verticicostata <small>Brébion, 1992</small>
- Pleurotomella virginalis <small>Thiele, 1925</small>
- Pleurotomella ybessa <small>Figueira & Absalão, 2012</small>
Synonyms
- Pleurotomella abbreviata <small>Schepman, 1913</small>: synonym of Buccinaria abbreviata <small>(Schepman, 1913)</small> (original combination)
- Pleurotomella abyssorum <small>(Locard, 1897)</small>: synonym of Gymnobela abyssorum <small>(Locard, 1897)</small>
- Pleurotomella adelpha <small>Dautzenberg & Fischer, 1896</small>: synonym of Phymorhynchus sulciferus <small>(Bush, 1893)</small>
- Pleurotomella affinis <small>Schepman, 1913</small>: synonym of Cryptodaphne affinis <small>(Schepman, 1913)</small> (original combination)
- Pleurotomella agassizi <small>(Verrill & S. Smith, 1880)</small>: synonym of Gymnobela agassizii <small>(Verrill & S. Smith [in Verrill], 1880)</small>
- Pleurotomella aguayoi <small>(Carcelles, 1953)</small>: synonym of Austrotoma aguayoi <small>(Carcelles, 1953)</small>
- Pleurotomella aperta <small>Dall, 1927</small>: synonym of Teretiopsis thaumastopsis <small>(Dautzenberg & H. Fischer, 1896)</small>
- Pleurotomella aquilarum engonia <small>Verrill, 1884</small>: synonym of Gymnobela engonia <small>Verrill, 1884</small>
- Pleurotomella araneosa <small>(Watson, 1881)</small>: synonym of Xanthodaphne araneosa <small>(R. B. Watson, 1881)</small>
- Pleurotomella argeta <small>Dall, 1890</small>: synonym of Xanthodaphne argeta <small>(Dall, 1890)</small>
- Pleurotomella atlantica <small>Locard, 1897</small>: synonym of Kryptos koehleri <small>(Locard, 1896)</small>
- Pleurotomella atypha <small>Bush, 1893</small>: synonym of Gymnobela atypha <small>(Bush, 1893)</small> (original combination)
- Pleurotomella bairdi [sic]: synonym of Gymnobela bairdii <small>(Verrill & S. Smith [in Verrill], 1884)</small> (misspelling)
- Pleurotomella bairdi <small>Verrill & Smith, 1884</small>: synonym of Gymnobela bairdii <small>(Verrill & S. Smith [in Verrill], 1884)</small>
- Pleurotomella bandella <small>(Dall, 1881)</small>: synonym of Benthomangelia bandella <small>(Dall, 1881)</small>
- Pleurotomella bathyiberica <small>Fechter, 1976</small>: synonym of Theta vayssierei <small>(Dautzenberg, 1925)</small>
- Pleurotomella biconica <small>Schepman, 1913</small>: synonym of Acamptodaphne biconica <small>(Schepman, 1913)</small> (original combination)
- Pleurotomella bruneri <small>Verrill & S. Smith [in Verrill], 1884</small>: synonym of Xanthodaphne bruneri <small>(Verrill & S. Smith [in Verrill], 1884)</small> (original combination)
- Pleurotomella bullioides <small>Sykes, 1906</small>: synonym of Lusitanops bullioides <small>(Sykes, 1906)</small> (original combination)
- Pleurotomella cancellata <small>Sysoev, 1988</small>: synonym of Fusobela cancellata <small>(Sysoev, 1988)</small>
- Pleurotomella castanea <small>Dall, 1896</small>: synonym of Phymorhynchus castaneus <small>(Dall, 1896)</small> (original combination)
- Pleurotomella catasarca <small>Dall, 1889</small>: synonym of Theta chariessa <small>(R. B. Watson, 1881)</small>
- Pleurotomella catharinae <small>Verrill & S. Smith, 1884</small>: synonym of Famelica catharinae <small>(Verrill & S. Smith [in Verrill], 1884)</small>
- Pleurotomella ceramensis <small>Schepman, 1913</small>: synonym of Gymnobela ceramensis <small>(Schepman, 1913)</small> (original combination)
- Pleurotomella chariessa <small>(Watson, 1881)</small>: synonym of Theta chariessa <small>(R. B. Watson, 1881)</small>
- Pleurotomella clarinda <small>Dall, 1908</small>: synonym of Phymorhynchus clarinda <small>(Dall, 1908)</small> (original combination)
- Pleurotomella climacella <small>Dall, 1895</small>: synonym of Belomitra climacella <small>(Dall, 1895)</small> (original combination)
- â Pleurotomella cossmanni <small>L. Morellet & J. Morellet, 1946</small>: synonym of â Pleurotomella irminonvilla <small>Pacaud, 2021</small> (invalid: junior homonym of Pleurotomella cossmanni <small>Koperberg, 1931</small>; P. irminonvilla is a replacement name)
- Pleurotomella costlowi <small>Petuch, 1974</small>: synonym of Bathybela tenelluna <small>(Locard, 1897)</small>
- Pleurotomella curta <small>(A. E. Verrill, 1884)</small>: synonym of Gymnobela aquilarum <small>(R. B. Watson, 1882)</small>
- Pleurotomella dalli <small>Bush, 1893</small>: synonym of Corinnaeturris leucomata <small>(Dall, 1881)</small>
- Pleurotomella demulcata <small>Locard, 1897</small>: synonym of Kryptos koehleri <small>(Locard, 1896)</small>
- Pleurotomella diastropha <small>Dautzenberg & Fischer, 1896</small>: synonym of Pleurotomella packardii packardii <small>Verrill, A.E., 1872</small>
- Pleurotomella diomedae <small>Verrill, 1884</small>: synonym of Benthomangelia antonia <small>(Dall, 1881)</small>
- Pleurotomella diomedeae <small>Verrill & S. Smith [in Verrill], 1884</small>: synonym of Benthomangelia antonia <small>(Dall, 1881)</small>
- Pleurotomella dubia <small>Schepman, 1913</small>: synonym of Gymnobela dubia <small>(Schepman, 1913)</small> (original combination)
- Pleurotomella ebor <small>Okutani, 1968</small>: synonym of Cryptomella ebor <small>(Okutani, 1968)</small> (original combination)
- Pleurotomella edgariana <small>(Dall, 1889)</small>: synonym of Gymnobela edgariana <small>(Dall, 1889)</small>
- Pleurotomella emertoni <small>Verrill & S. Smith [in Verrill], 1884</small>: synonym of Gymnobela emertoni <small>(Verrill & S. Smith [in Verrill], 1884)</small> (original combination)
- Pleurotomella engonia <small>(A. E. Verrill, 1884)</small>: synonym of Gymnobela engonia <small>Verrill, 1884</small>
- Pleurotomella esilda <small>Dall, 1908</small>: synonym of Leucosyrinx esilda <small>(Dall, 1908)</small> (original combination)
- Pleurotomella extensaeformis <small>Schepman, 1913</small>: synonym of Mioawateria extensaeformis <small>(Schepman, 1913)</small> (original combination)
- Pleurotomella fastosa <small>Hedley, 1907</small>: synonym of Microdrillia fastosa <small>(Hedley, 1907)</small> (original combination)
- Pleurotomella frielei <small>Verrill, 1885</small>: synonym of Gymnobela frielei <small>(Verrill, 1885)</small> (original combination)
- Pleurotomella fulvotincta <small>(Dautzenberg & Fischer, 1896)</small>: synonym of Gymnobela fulvotincta <small>(Dautzenberg & Fischer, 1896)</small>
- Pleurotomella gradata <small>Schepman, 1913</small>: synonym of Cryptodaphne gradata <small>(Schepman, 1913)</small> (original combination)
- Pleurotomella gregaria <small>Sykes, 1906</small>: synonym of Gymnobela leptoglypta <small>(Dautzenberg & Fischer, 1896)</small>
- Pleurotomella gypsina <small>Dall, 1895</small>: synonym of Pleurotomoides gypsina <small>(Dall, 1895)</small>
- Pleurotomella heterogramma <small>Odhner, 1960</small>: synonym of Xanthodaphne heterogramma <small>(Odhner, 1960)</small> (original combination)
- Pleurotomella ida <small>Thiele, 1925</small>: synonym of Philbertia capensis <small>(E. A. Smith, 1882)</small>: synonym of Tritonoturris capensis <small>(E. A. Smith, 1882)</small> (junior synonym)
- Pleurotomella illicita <small>(Dall, 1927)</small>: synonym of Gymnobela illicita <small>Dall, 1927</small>
- Pleurotomella isogonia <small>Dall, 1908</small>: synonym of Gymnobela isogonia <small>(Dall, 1908)</small> (original combination)
- Pleurotomella jeffreysi <small>Verrill, 1885</small>: synonym of Theta chariessa <small>(R. B. Watson, 1881)</small>
- Pleurotomella koehleri <small>Locard, 1896</small>: synonym of Kryptos koehleri <small>(Locard, 1896)</small>
- Pleurotomella leptalea <small>Bush, 1893</small>: synonym of Xanthodaphne leptalea <small>(Bush, 1893)</small> (original combination)
- Pleurotomella lineola <small>Dall, 1927</small>: synonym of Gymnobela lineola <small>(Dall, 1927)</small> (dubious synonym)
- Pleurotomella lusitanica <small>Sykes, 1906</small>: synonym of Lusitanops lusitanica [sic]: synonym of Lusitanops lusitanicus <small>(Sykes, 1906)</small> (original combination)
- Pleurotomella lyronuclea <small>A. H. Clarke, 1959</small>: synonym of Theta lyronuclea <small>(A. H. Clarke, 1959)</small> (original combination)
- Pleurotomella megalembryon <small>(Dautzenberg & H. Fischer, 1896)</small>: synonym of Azorilla megalembryon <small>(Dautzenberg & H. Fischer, 1896)</small>
- Pleurotomella oceanica <small>Dall, 190</small>8: synonym of Cryptomella oceanica <small>(Dall, 1908)</small> (original combination)
- Pleurotomella oceanida <small>Dall, 1919</small>: synonym of Pleurotomella orariana <small>(Dall, 1908)</small>
- Pleurotomella pachia <small>(Watson, 1881)</small>: synonym of Xanthodaphne pachia <small>(R. B. Watson, 1881)</small>
- Pleurotomella polystephanus <small>Dall, 1908</small>: synonym of Cryptogemma polystephanus <small>(Dall, 1908)</small> (original combination)
- Pleurotomella pyriformis <small>Schepman, 1913</small>: synonym of Xanthodaphne pyriformis <small>(Schepman, 1913)</small> (original combination)
- Pleurotomella raineri <small>Engl, 2008</small>: synonym of Xanthodaphne raineri <small>(Engl, 2008)</small> (original combination)
- Pleurotomella reconditum <small>(Locard, 1891)</small>: synonym of Bela nuperrima <small>(Tiberi, 1855)</small>
- Pleurotomella rhytismeis <small>Melvill, 1910</small>: synonym of Taranis rhytismeis <small>(Melvill, 1910)</small> (original combination)
- Pleurotomella saffordi <small>Verrill & S. Smith [in Verrill], 1884</small>: synonym of Pleurotomella packardii <small>Verrill, 1872</small>
- Pleurotomella simplicissima <small>Dall, 1907</small>: synonym of Paraspirotropis simplicissima <small>(Dall, 1907)</small> (original combination)
- Pleurotomella stearina <small>Dall, 1889</small>: synonym of Theta chariessa <small>(R. B. Watson, 1881)</small>
- Pleurotomella suffusa <small>(Dall, 1890)</small>: synonym of Xanthodaphne suffusa <small>(Dall, 1890)</small>
- Pleurotomella sulcifera <small>Bush, 1893</small>: synonym of Phymorhynchus sulciferus <small>(Bush, 1893)</small> (original combination)
- Pleurotomella tcherniai <small>(Gaillard, 1955)</small>: synonym of Xymenopsis tcherniai <small>(Gaillard, 1954)</small>
- Pleurotomella tincta <small>Verrill, 1885</small>: synonym of Gymnobela emertoni <small>(Verrill & S. Smith [in Verrill], 1884)</small>
- Pleurotomella virgo <small>Okutani, 1966</small>: synonym of Bathytoma virgo <small>(Okutani, 1966)</small> (original combination)
- Pleurotomella vitrea <small>Verrill, 1885</small>: synonym of Gymnobela agassizii <small>(Verrill & S. Smith [in Verrill], 1880)</small>
- Pleurotomella xylona <small>Dall, 1908</small>: synonym of Gymnobela xylona <small>(Dall, 1908)</small> (original combination)
References
- Laseron, C. 1954. Revision of the New South Wales Turridae (Mollusca). Australian Zoological Handbook. Sydney : Royal Zoological Society of New South Wales pp. 56, pls 1âÂÂ12.
- Powell, A.W.B. 1966. The molluscan families Speightiidae and Turridae, an evaluation of the valid taxa, both Recent and fossil, with list of characteristic species. Bulletin of the Auckland Institute and Museum. Auckland, New Zealand 5: 1âÂÂ184, pls 1âÂÂ23
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