Famelica Bouchet & Warén, 1980

Figueira, Raquel Medeiros Andrade & Absalão, Ricardo Silva, 2012, Deep-water Raphitomidae (Mollusca, Gastropoda, Conoidea) from the Campos Basin, southeast Brazil, Zootaxa 3527, pp. 1-27 : 6

publication ID	https://doi.org/ 10.5281/zenodo.210977
DOI	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.5632943
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scientific name	Famelica Bouchet & Warén, 1980
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Type species: Pleurotomella catharinae Verrill & Smith, 1884 in Verrill, 1884 by original designation.

Remarks: This genus is characterized by a very slender, spirally sculptured shell of small to moderate size. It shares with Aliceia a similar protoconch, sculptured with a middle keel and axial riblets below it. The type species, F. catharinae , has a long anterior siphonal canal and a moderately deep anal sinus.

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Taxonomy

Kingdom	Animalia
Phylum	Mollusca
Class	Gastropoda
Order	Neogastropoda
Family	Raphitomidae

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