Rhodopetoma

Rhodopetoma
Shell of Rhodopetoma diaulax
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Superfamily: Conoidea
Family: Pseudomelatomidae
Genus: Rhodopetoma
Bartsch, 1944
Type species
Borsonella rhodope
Dall, 1919
Species

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Rhodopetoma is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Pseudomelatomidae.[1]

Rhodopetoma is very similar to Antiplanes, differing mainly in the presence of variously developed axial folds.[2]

Species

Species within the genus Rhodopetoma include:

Species brought into synonymy
  • Rhodopetoma akkeshiensis Habe, 1958: synonym of Ophiodermella akkeshiensis (Habe, 1958)
  • Rhodopetoma rhodope (Dall, 1919): synonym of Rhodopetoma diaulax (Dall, 1908)

References

  1. ↑ Rhodopetoma Bartsch, 1944. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 16 April 2010.
  2. ↑ Kantor, Y. I.; Fedosov, A.; Puillandre, N. (2025). "Revision of the Indo-Pacific species of the genus Leucosyrinx Dall, 1889 (Neogastropoda: Conoidea: Pseudomelatomidae)". European Journal of Taxonomy. 999: 106. Retrieved 7 July 2026.{{cite journal}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link) Public Domain This article incorporates text from this source, which is under a CC BY 4.0 license. Public Domain This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.
  3. ↑ Rhodopetoma erosa (Schrenck, 1862). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 16 April 2010.