Phenatoma is a genus of predatory sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Borsoniidae.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
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)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 Phenatoma zealandica (E. A. Smith, 1877)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 Species brought into synonymy † Phenatoma (Cryptomella) crassispiralis Marwick, 1929: synonym of † Tomopleura crassispiralis (Marwick, 1929) Phenatoma novaezelandiae (Reeve, 1843):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 synonym of Phenatoma rosea (Quoy & Gaimard, 1833) † Phenatoma (Cryptomella) crassispiralis Marwick, 1929: synonym of † Tomopleura crassispiralis (Marwick, 1929) (original combination)
References
Further reading Powell A. W. B., New Zealand Mollusca, William Collins Publishers Ltd, Auckland, New Zealand 1979