Exomilus

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title: "Exomilus" type: doc version: 1 created: 2026-02-28 author: "Wikipedia contributors" status: active scope: public tags: ["exomilus", "raphitomidae", "gastropods-of-australia", "gastropod-genera"] description: "Genus of gastropods" topic_path: "geography/australia" source: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Exomilus" license: "CC BY-SA 4.0" wikipedia_page_id: 0 wikipedia_revision_id: 0

::summary Genus of gastropods ::

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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.

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

References

1. {{WRMS species. 432459. ''Exomilus'' Hedley, 1918. 14 April 2010
2. [https://archive.org/details/revisionofaustri00hedl Hedley, C. 1922. A revision of the Australian Turridae. Records of the Australian Museum 13(6): 213-359, pls 42-56] {{PD-notice
3. {{WRMS species. 433790. ''Exomilus cancellata'' (Beddome, 1883). 14 April 2010
4. {{WRMS species. 433791. ''Exomilus cylindricus'' Laseron, 1954. 14 April 2010
5. {{WRMS species. 433792. ''Exomilus dyscritos'' (Verco, 1906). 14 April 2010
6. {{WRMS species. 433793. ''Exomilus lutaria'' (Hedley, 1907). 14 April 2010
7. {{WRMS species. 433794. ''Exomilus pentagonalis'' (Verco, 1896). 14 April 2010
8. {{WRMS species. 433795. ''Exomilus telescopialis'' (Verco, 1896). 14 April 2010
9. {{WRMS species. 433789. ''Exomilus anxia'' (Hedley, 1909). 14 April 2010

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