Definition of Pleurotoma. Meaning of Pleurotoma. Synonyms of Pleurotoma

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Definition of Pleurotoma

Pleurotoma
Pleurotoma Pleu*rot"o*ma, n.; pl. L. Pleurotom[ae], E. Pleurotomas. [NL., fr. Gr. ? the side + tomh` a cut.] (Zo["o]l.) Any marine gastropod belonging to Pleurotoma, and ether allied genera of the family Pleurotmid[ae]. The species are very numerous, especially in tropical seas. The outer lip has usually a posterior notch or slit.

Meaning of Pleurotoma from wikipedia

- Pleurotoma may refer to: Pleurotoma Lamarck, 1799 , a genus of gastropods in the family Turridae, synonym of Turris Pleurotoma Mörch, 1869, a genus of...
- Pleurotoma mediocris is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Turridae. According to the World Register of Marine Species, this...
- Paladilhia pleurotoma is a species of freshwater snail in the family Moitessieriidae. It is endemic to France. This snail lives in underground water bodies...
- Taurasia pleurotoma is an extinct species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk, in the family Muricidae, the murex snails or rock snails. This species...
- P. zealandica Binomial name Phenatoma zealandica (E. A. Smith, 1877) Synonyms Pleurotoma zealandica E. A. Smith, 1877 Drillia cheesemani Hutton, 1878...
- (Dall, 1889) Pleurotoma (Leucosyrinx) tenoceras Dall, 1889 Pleurotoma devestitum Locard, 1897 Pleurotoma sigsbeei Dall, 1881 Pleurotoma sigsbeei (Dall...
- (Locard, E.A.A., 1897) Pleurotoma cir****cinctum Locard, 1897 Pleurotoma denudatum Locard, 1897 Pleurotoma erraneum Locard, 1897 Pleurotoma hirondelleae Dautzenberg...
- caudiculus Brusina, 1870 Pleurotoma inflata de Cristofori & Jan, 1832 Pleurotoma leufroyi Michaud, 1827 (original combination) Pleurotoma zonalis Delle Chiaje...
-  maculosa Binomial name Hormospira maculosa (G.B. Sowerby I, 1834) Synonyms Pleurotoma (Surcula) maculosa Sowerby I, 1834 Surcula maculosa Sowerby I, 1834...
-  similis Binomial name Fusiturris similis (Bivona Ant. in Bivona And., 1838) Synonyms Pleurotoma balteata Kiener, 1839 Pleurotoma similis Bivona, 1838...