Phenatoma

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title: "Phenatoma" type: doc version: 1 created: 2026-02-28 author: "Wikipedia contributors" status: active scope: public tags: ["phenatoma", "gastropod-genera", "taxa-named-by-harold-john-finlay"] description: "Genus of gastropods" topic_path: "general/phenatoma" source: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Phenatoma" license: "CC BY-SA 4.0" wikipedia_page_id: 0 wikipedia_revision_id: 0

::summary Genus of gastropods ::

| fossil_range = | image = Phenatoma zealandica (underside).JPG | image_caption = Apertural view of a shell of Phenatoma zealandica | display_parents = 3 | taxon = Phenatoma | authority = Finlay, 1924 | type_species = Pleurotoma novaezelandiae | type_species_authority = Reeve, 1843 | synonyms_ref = | synonyms =

Phenatoma is a genus of predatory sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Borsoniidae.

Species

Species within the genus Phenatoma include:

• † Phenatoma decessor Marwick, 1928
• † Phenatoma lawsi Powell, 1942
• † Phenatoma perlata (Suter, 1917)
• † Phenatoma precursor Powell, 1942
• Phenatoma roseum (Quoy & Gaimard, 1833)
• Phenatoma zealandica (E. A. Smith, 1877) ;Species brought into synonymy:
• † Phenatoma (Cryptomella) crassispiralis Marwick, 1929: synonym of † Tomopleura crassispiralis (Marwick, 1929)
• Phenatoma novaezelandiae (Reeve, 1843): synonym of Phenatoma rosea (Quoy & Gaimard, 1833)
• † Phenatoma (Cryptomella) crassispiralis Marwick, 1929: synonym of † Tomopleura crassispiralis (Marwick, 1929) (original combination)

References

References

1. [[Harold John Finlay. Finlay H. J.]] (1924). ''Trans. New Zealand Inst.'' '''55''': 515.
2. WoRMS (2009). ''Phenatoma''. In: Bouchet, P.; Gofas, S.; Rosenberg, G. (2009) World Marine Mollusca database. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=432533 on 12 August 2011
3. WoRMS (2009). ''Phenatoma rosea'' (Quoy & Gaimard, 1833). In: Bouchet, P.; Gofas, S.; Rosenberg, G. (2009) World Marine Mollusca database. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=434595 on 2010-09-20
4. WoRMS (2009). ''Phenatoma zealandica'' (Smith E. A., 1877). In: Bouchet, P.; Gofas, S.; Rosenberg, G. (2009) World Marine Mollusca database. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=434596 on 2010-09-20
5. WoRMS (2009). ''Phenatoma novaezelandiae'' (Reeve, 1843). In: Bouchet, P.; Gofas, S.; Rosenberg, G. (2009) World Marine Mollusca database. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=434594 on 2010-09-20

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