Phymorhynchus
Phymorhynchus is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Raphitomidae.
Description
The fusiform shell is thin, smooth, or spirally sculptured. The axial sculpture is less conspicuous. The siphonal canal is nearly obsolete. The columella and outer lip is simple. The anal sulcus is wide, shallow and close to the suture. The animal is blind, with a distinct muzzle into which the proboscis is retracted. The operculum is wanting. Type: Pleurotomella castanea Dall, 1896Species
Species within the genus Phymorhynchus include:- † Phymorhynchus agina Phymorhynchus alberti Phymorhynchus buccinoides Okutani, Fujikura & Sasaki, 1993Phymorhynchus carinatus Waren & Bouchet, 2001Phymorhynchus castaneus - type speciesPhymorhynchus chevreuxi Phymorhynchus cingulatus Phymorhynchus cingulatus Warén & Bouchet, 2009: secondary homonym of Phymorhynchus cingulatus Phymorhynchus clarinda Phymorhynchus coseli Warén & Bouchet, 2009Phymorhynchus hyfifluxi Beck, L., 1996Phymorhynchus major Waren & Bouchet, 2001Phymorhynchus moskalevi Sysoev & Kantor, 1995Phymorhynchus oculatus Zhang, S-Q. & Zhang, S-P. 2017Phymorhynchus ovatus Warén & Bouchet, 2001Phymorhynchus speciosus Olsson, 1971Phymorhynchus starmeri Okutani & Ohta, 1993Phymorhynchus sulciferus Phymorhynchus turris Okutani & Iwasaki, 2003Phymorhynchus wareni Sysoev & Kantor, 1995Phymorhynchus n. sp. "CIR"
- Phymorhynchus n. sp. "SWIR"
A new species described by Warén & Bouchet in 2009 under the name Phymorhynchus cingulata from methane seeps in deep water off the Congo River is a secondary homonym. It will be newly described under different name in the future.