Biology:Philbertia

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Philbertia
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Philbertia

Monterosato, 1884

Philbertia is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Raphitomidae.[1] Some of the species that were formerly in this genus have been transferred to the genus Raphitoma.

Philbertia became a synonym of Raphitoma Bellardi, 1848 because Dr. P. Bouchet (1990) did not consider valid the subdivision of species into different genera solely on the basis of differences during larval development.[2][3]

In describing Raphitoma, the World Register of Marine Species (WoRMS) relies on an unpublished database "Nomenclator of Molluscan Supraspecific Names" by Bouchet P. & Rocroi J.-P. (2010). However, the WoRMS database still (December 2011) shows 21 species retaining the genus name Philbertia. The website Gastropods.com also still accepts many species of Philbertia as valid, others as synonyms.[4] Furthermore, in their publication "A new operational classification of the Conoidea (Gastropoda)", Bouchet, Kantor et al. (2011) still recognize Philbertia as a valid genus in the Raphitomidae.[5]

Species

Species within the genus Philbertia appear to be still (December 2011) treated by WoRMS as including:

Species brought into synonymy

References

  • Filmer R.M. (2001). A Catalogue of Nomenclature and Taxonomy in the Living Conidae 1758 - 1998. Backhuys Publishers, Leiden. 388pp
  • Terlizzi, A.; Scuderi, D.; Fraschetti, S.; Anderson, M.J. (2005). Quantifying effects of pollution on biodiversity: a case study of highly diverse molluscan assemblages in the Mediterranean. Mar. Biol. 148(2): 293-305

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