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Abyssochrysos Tomlin, 1927
345310 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:345310)
accepted
Genus
Abyssochrysos melanioides Tomlin, 1927 (type by monotypy)
- Species Abyssochrysos bicinctus Bouchet, 1991
- Species Abyssochrysos bituminifer (C. W. Cooke, 1919) †
- Species Abyssochrysos brasilianus Bouchet, 1991
- Species Abyssochrysos costatus (C. W. Cooke, 1919) †
- Species Abyssochrysos eburneus (Locard, 1897)
- Species Abyssochrysos melanioides Tomlin, 1927
- Species Abyssochrysos melvilli (Schepman, 1909)
- Species Abyssochrysos xouthos Killeen & P. G. Oliver, 2000
- Species Abyssochrysos bicinctum Bouchet, 1991 accepted as Abyssochrysos bicinctus Bouchet, 1991 (incorrect gender ending of specific epithet)
- Species Abyssochrysos brasilianum Bouchet, 1991 accepted as Abyssochrysos brasilianus Bouchet, 1991 (incorrect gender ending of specific epithet)
- Species Abyssochrysos eburneum (Locard, 1897) accepted as Abyssochrysos eburneus (Locard, 1897) (incorrect gender ending)
- Species Abyssochrysos giganteum Kiel, K. A. Campbell, Elder & C. Little, 2008 † accepted as Ascheria gigantea (Kiel, K. A. Campbell, Elder & C. Little, 2008) † (original combination)
- Species Abyssochrysos tomlini Barnard, 1963 accepted as Abyssochrysos melvilli (Schepman, 1909)
marine, brackish, terrestrial
recent + fossil
masculine
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. <em>Annals of the South African Museum 25(1): 77–83.</em> , available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/40656259
page(s): 78. [details]
page(s): 78. [details]
MolluscaBase eds. (2024). MolluscaBase. Abyssochrysos Tomlin, 1927. Accessed at: https://molluscabase.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=345310 on 2024-04-20
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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. <em>Annals of the South African Museum 25(1): 77–83.</em> , available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/40656259
page(s): 78. [details]
basis of record Bouchet, P. (1991). New records and new species of <i>Abyssochrysos</i> (Mollusca, Caenogastropoda). <em>Journal of Natural History.</em> 25(2): 305-313. [details] Available for editors
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additional source Houbrick, R. S. (1979). Classification and systematic relationships of the Abyssochrysidae, a relict family of bathyal snails (Prosobranchia; Gastropoda). <em>Smithsonian Contributions to Zoology.</em> 290: 1-21., available online at https://repository.si.edu/handle/10088/5558 [details]
page(s): 78. [details]
basis of record Bouchet, P. (1991). New records and new species of <i>Abyssochrysos</i> (Mollusca, Caenogastropoda). <em>Journal of Natural History.</em> 25(2): 305-313. [details] Available for editors
[request] additional source Houbrick, R. S. (1979). Classification and systematic relationships of the Abyssochrysidae, a relict family of bathyal snails (Prosobranchia; Gastropoda). <em>Smithsonian Contributions to Zoology.</em> 290: 1-21., available online at https://repository.si.edu/handle/10088/5558 [details]
Present Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
From editor or global species database
Grammatical gender masculine, according to termination derived from classical Greek χρυσός (gold, or by extension something precious) [details]
