Hemitoma is a genus of slit limpets, marine gastropod molluscs in the family Fissurellidae, the keyhole limpets and slit limpets.[1]

Hemitoma
A shell of a Hemitoma species from New Zealand, anterior end to the bottom
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Vetigastropoda
Order: Lepetellida
Family: Fissurellidae
Subfamily: Hemitominae
Genus: Hemitoma
Swainson, 1840
Type species
Emarginula tricostata Sowerby, 1823
Species

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Synonyms

Subemarginula Gray, 1847

In this genus of fissurellid, there is an inconspicuous notch at the anterior end of the shell rather than a slit. The notch is best seen in an interior view of the shell.

Species

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Species within the genus Hemitoma include:[2]

According to the World Register of Marine Species (WoRMS) the following species names have been accepted [3]

The Indo-Pacific Molluscan Database also includes the following species with names in current use [4]

Subgenus Montfortia, Récluz, 1843
accepted as the genus Montfortia Récluz, 1843
Subgenus Montfortista, Iredale, 1929
Species brought into synonymy

References

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  1. ^ Bouchet, P.; Rosenberg, G. (2012). Hemitoma Swainson, 1840. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=206771 on 2013-01-16
  2. ^ "ITIS - Report: Hemitoma".
  3. ^ WoRMS : Hemitoma
  4. ^ OBIS : Hemitoma
  • Vaught, K.C. (1989). A classification of the living Mollusca. American Malacologists: Melbourne, FL (USA). ISBN 0-915826-22-4. XII, 195 pp.
  • McLean J.H. (2011) Reinstatement of the fissurellid subfamily Hemitominae, with the description of new genera, and proposed evolutionary lineage, based on morphological characters of shell and radula (Gastropoda: Vetigastropoda). Malacologia 54(1-2): 407-427
  • ITIS [1]
  • Worms [2]