Abyssochrysos is a genus of bathyal sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Abyssochrysidae.[2]
| Abyssochrysos | |
|---|---|
| |
| anatomy of Abyssochrysos melanioides removed from the shell | |
Scientific classification 
| |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
| Family: | Abyssochrysidae |
| Genus: | Abyssochrysos Tomlin, 1927[1] |
| Type species | |
| Abyssochrysos melanioides Tomlin, 1927 | |
Description edit
The characteristics (shell, radula and anatomy) of the species mark this genus as simple gastropods, unassigned in the clade Caenogastropoda. Their taenioglossate radula (formula: 2+1+1+1+2) is unique among the Prosobranchia because of the sickle-shaped rachidian tooth and the thick, sinuous, sharply cusped lateral teeth. They have tentacles but lack eyes. The mantle cavity goes deep (about 2½ whorls). The long, wide ctenidium is monopectinate. The pallial gonoducts are closed. The large penis-like organ is a right-dorsal mantle process.[3]
Species edit
Species within the genus Abyssochrysos include:
- Abyssochrysos bicinctus Bouchet, 1991[4][5]
- † Abyssochrysos bituminifer (C. W. Cooke, 1919)
- Abyssochrysos brasilianus Bouchet, 1991[4][6]
- † Abyssochrysos costatus (C. W. Cooke, 1919)
- Abyssochrysos eburneus Locard, 1897[7]
- Abyssochrysos melanioides Tomlin, 1927[8]
- Abyssochrysos melvilli Schepman, 1909[9]
- Abyssochrysos xouthos Killeen & Oliver, 2000[10][11]
- Species brought into synonymy
- Abyssochrysos bicinctum (Bouchet), 1991: synonym of Abyssochrysos bicinctus (Bouchet, 1991)
- Abyssochrysos brasilianum (Bouchet), 1991: synonym of Abyssochrysos brasilianus (Bouchet, 1991)
- Abyssochrysos eburneum (Locard, 1897): synonym of Abyssochrysos eburneus (Locard, 1897)
- † Abyssochrysos giganteum Kiel, K. A. Campbell, Elder & C. Little, 2008: synonym of † Ascheria gigantea (Kiel, K. A. Campbell, Elder & C. Little, 2008) (original combination)
- Abyssochrysos tomlini Barnard, 1963: synonym of Abyssochrysos melvilli (Schepman, 1909)
References edit
- ^ Tomlin J. R. le B. (1927). "Reports on the Marine Mollusca in the Collections of the South African Museum, II: Families Abyssochrysidae, Oocorythidae, Haliotidae, Tonnidae". Annals of the South African Museum 25(1): 77-83, 4 figures. page 77.
- ^ Abyssochrysos Tomlin, 1927. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 4 May 2010.
- ^ ¨Houbrick R.S. 1979. Classification and systematic relationships of the Abyssochrysidae, a relict family of bathyal snails (Prosobranchia; Gastropoda). Smithsonian Contributions to Zoology 290: 1-21
- ^ a b Bouchet P. (1991). "New records and new species of Abyssochrysos (Mollusca, Caenogastropoda). Journal of Natural History 25(2): 305–313. doi:10.1080/00222939100770221.
- ^ Abyssochrysos bicinctum Bouchet, 1991. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 4 May 2010.
- ^ Abyssochrysos brasilianum Bouchet, 1991. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 4 May 2010.
- ^ Abyssochrysos eburneum (Locard, 1897). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 4 May 2010.
- ^ Abyssochrysos melanioides Tomlin, 1927. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 4 May 2010.
- ^ Abyssochrysos melvilli (Schepman, 1909). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 4 May 2010.
- ^ Killeen I. J. & Oliver P. G. (2000). "A new species of Abyssochrysos (Gastropoda: Loxonematoidea) from the Oman margin". Journal of Molluscan Studies 66(1): 95–98. doi:10.1093/mollus/66.1.95
- ^ Abyssochrysos xouthos Killeen & Oliver, 2000. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 4 May 2010.
- Bouchet P. (1991). New records and new species of Abyssochrysos (Mollusca, Caenogastropoda).' Journal of Natural History 25(2): 305–313
External links edit
- Tomlin, J. R. le B. (1927). Reports on the marine Mollusca in the collections of the South African Museum. II. Families Abyssochrysidae, Oocorythidae, Haliotidae, Tonnidae. Annals of the South African Museum 25(1): 77–83.
- Houbrick, R. S. (1979). Classification and systematic relationships of the Abyssochrysidae, a relict family of bathyal snails (Prosobranchia; Gastropoda). Smithsonian Contributions to Zoology. 290: 1-21
Wikimedia Commons has media related to Abyssochrysos.