Brachytoma
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Brachytoma is a genus
Genus
In biology, a genus is a low-level taxonomic rank used in the biological classification of living and fossil organisms, which is an example of definition by genus and differentia...

 of sea snail
Sea snail
Sea snail is a common name for those snails that normally live in saltwater, marine gastropod molluscs....

s, marine gastropod mollusks in the family
Family (biology)
In biological classification, family is* a taxonomic rank. Other well-known ranks are life, domain, kingdom, phylum, class, order, genus, and species, with family fitting between order and genus. As for the other well-known ranks, there is the option of an immediately lower rank, indicated by the...

 Pseudomelatomidae
Pseudomelatomidae
Pseudomelatomidae is a family of predatory sea snails, marine gastropods included in the superfamily Conoidea and part of the Neogastropoda...

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Species

Species within the genus Brachytoma include:
  • Brachytoma rioensis
    Brachytoma rioensis
    Brachytoma rioensis is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Drilliidae....

    (Smith E. A., 1915)
  • Brachytoma rufolineata
    Brachytoma rufolineata
    Brachytoma rufolineata is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Drilliidae....

    (Schepman, 1913)
  • Brachytoma tuberosa
    Brachytoma tuberosa
    Brachytoma tuberosa is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Drilliidae....

    (Smith E. A., 1875)

Species brought into synonymy:
  • Brachytoma kawamurai Habe & Kosuge, 1966: synonym of Inquisitor kawamurai
    Inquisitor kawamurai
    Inquisitor kawamurai is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Turridae, the turrids....

    (Habe & Kosuge, 1966)
  • Brachytoma kurodai Habe & Kosuge, 1966 : synonym of Inquisitor kurodai
    Inquisitor kurodai
    Inquisitor kurodai is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Turridae, the turrids....

    (Habe & Kosuge, 1966)
  • Brachytoma vexillum Habe & Kosuge, 1966 : synonym of Inquisitor vexillum
    Inquisitor vexillum
    Inquisitor vexillum is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Turridae, the turrids....

    (Habe & Kosuge, 1966)

Further investigation needed:
  • Brachytoma strombiformis (G.B. Sowerby II, 1839) (species inquirenda
    Species inquirenda
    In biological classification, a species inquirenda is a species of doubtful identity requiring further investigation. The use of the term in English-language biological literature dates back to at least the early nineteenth century....

    )
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