Brachystomia is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Pyramidellidae, the pyrams and their allies.Gofas, S.; Bouchet, P. (2015). Brachystomia Monterosato, 1884. In: MolluscaBase (2015). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=491631 on 2015-12-14
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.Monterosato T. A. (di) (1884). Nomenclatura generica e specifica di alcune conchiglie mediterranee. Palermo, Virzi, 152 pp
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albella (Lovén, 1846): synonym of Odostomia albel (Lovén, 1846): synonym of Odostomia unidentata (Montagu, 1803) (superseded combination) † Brachystomia cerullii Marquet, 1997: synonym of † Ondina cerullii (Cossmann, 1921) (junior objective synonym, unnecessary replacement name,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
References
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
To World Register of Marine Species