WoRMS taxon details
Microtoma Swainson, 1840
AphiaID: 395252
AphiaID: 395252
| Classification: Biota > Animalia (Kingdom) > Mollusca (Phylum) > Gastropoda (Class) > Caenogastropoda (Subclass) > Neogastropoda (Order) > Muricoidea (Superfamily) > Muricidae (Family) > Rapaninae (Subfamily) |
| Status |  unaccepted (invalid: junior homonym of Microtoma Laporte, 1832 [Hemiptera]) | ||||||||||
| Record status | Checked by Taxonomic Editor | ||||||||||
| Accepted name | Plicopurpura Cossmann, 1903 | ||||||||||
| Rank | Genus | ||||||||||
| Typetaxon | Buccinum patulum Linnaeus, 1758 (type by subsequent designation) | ||||||||||
| Parent | Rapaninae Gray, 1853 | ||||||||||
| Source |
source of synonymy: Claremont M., Vermeij G.J., Williams S.T. & Reid D.G. (2013) Global phylogeny and new classification of the Rapaninae (Gastropoda: Muricidae), dominant molluscan predators on tropical rocky seashores. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 66: 91–102. [Published online 28 September 2012; Code-compliant paper version published January 2013], available online at http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ympev.2012.09.014 [details] | ||||||||||
| Direct child taxa [show all] | Species Microtoma unicolor Swainson, 1840 accepted as Haustrum haustorium (Gmelin, 1791) | ||||||||||
| Environment | marine | ||||||||||
| LSID | urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:395252 | ||||||||||
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| Citation: Bouchet, P.; Houart, R. (2013). Microtoma Swainson, 1840. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=395252 on 2013-05-18 | |||||||||||
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