Exomilus is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Raphitomidae.[1]
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
| Order: | Neogastropoda |
| Superfamily: | Conoidea |
| Family: | Raphitomidae |
| Genus: | Exomilus Hedley, 1918 |
| Type species | |
| Mangelia lutaria Hedley, 1907
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Description
editThe 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.[2]
Distribution
editThe species in this marine genus are endemic to Australia.
Species
editSpecies within the genus Exomilus include:
- Exomilus cancellatus (Beddome, 1883)[3]
- Exomilus compressus Fedosov & Puillandre, 2012
- Exomilus cylindricus Laseron, 1954[4]
- Exomilus dyscritos (Verco, 1906)[5]
- Exomilus edychrous (Hervier, 1897)
- Exomilus lutarius (Hedley, 1907)[6]
- Exomilus pentagonalis (Verco, 1896)[7]
- Exomilus telescopialis (Verco, 1896)[8]
- Species brought into synonymy
- Exomilus anxius (Hedley, 1909):[9] 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
edit- ^ Exomilus Hedley, 1918. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 14 April 2010.
- ^ Hedley, C. 1922. A revision of the Australian Turridae. Records of the Australian Museum 13(6): 213-359, pls 42-56
This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.
- ^ Exomilus cancellata (Beddome, 1883). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 14 April 2010.
- ^ Exomilus cylindricus Laseron, 1954. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 14 April 2010.
- ^ Exomilus dyscritos (Verco, 1906). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 14 April 2010.
- ^ Exomilus lutaria (Hedley, 1907). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 14 April 2010.
- ^ Exomilus pentagonalis (Verco, 1896). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 14 April 2010.
- ^ Exomilus telescopialis (Verco, 1896). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 14 April 2010.
- ^ Exomilus anxia (Hedley, 1909). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 14 April 2010.
- 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
edit- 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 Archived 2021-09-10 at the Wayback Machine