Exomilus is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Raphitomidae.
Description The small shell is, subcylindrical. It contains few whorls. The base is concave. The sculpture consists of radial ribs latticed by spiral cords. The outer lip is slightly thickened and denticulate within. The sinus is shallow and subsutural. Hedley, C. 1922. A revision of the Australian Turridae. Records of the Australian Museum 13(6): 213-359, pls 42-56
Distribution The species in this marine genus are endemic to Australia.
Species Species within the genus Exomilus include: Exomilus cancellatus (Beddome, 1883) Exomilus compressus Fedosov & Puillandre, 2012 Exomilus cylindricus Laseron, 1954 Exomilus dyscritos (Verco, 1906) Exomilus edychrous (Hervier, 1897) Exomilus lutarius (Hedley, 1907) Exomilus pentagonalis (Verco, 1896) Exomilus telescopialis (Verco, 1896) Species brought into synonymy Exomilus anxius (Hedley, 1909): synonym of Exomilus edychrous (Hervier, 1897) Exomilus compressa Fedosov & Puillandre, 2012: synonym of Exomilus compressus Fedosov & Puillandre, 2012 Exomilus fenestratus (Tate & May, 1900): synonym of Gatliffena fenestrata (Tate & May, 1900) Exomilus perangulata Hervier, 1897 : synonym of Mangelia orophoma Melvill & Standen, 1896 Exomilus spica (Hedley, 1907): synonym of Exomilopsis spica (Hedley, 1907)
References
Hedley, 1919 [Journal of the Royal Society of New South Wales, supplement to vol. 51: 79, 81] 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: 1–184, pls 1–23
External links Worldwide Mollusc Species Data Base: Raphitomidae Bouchet, P.; Kantor, Y. I.; Sysoev, A.; Puillandre, N. (2011). A new operational classification of the Conoidea (Gastropoda). Journal of Molluscan Studies. 77(3): 273-308 Fedosov, Alexander E., and Nicolas Puillandre. "Phylogeny and taxonomy of the Kermia–Pseudodaphnella (Mollusca: Gastropoda: Raphitomidae) genus complex: a remarkable radiation via diversification of larval development." Systematics and Biodiversity 10.4 (2012): 447-477