Brachystomia

Brachystomia
Shell of Brachystomia eulimoides (specimen at the Natural History Museum, Rotterdam)
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Family: Pyramidellidae
Genus: Brachystomia
Monterosato, 1884
Type species
Odostomia rissoides Hanley, 1844
Synonyms
  • Odontostomia (Brachystomia) Monterosato, 1884 superseded rank
  • Odostomia (Brachystomia) Monterosato, 1884 ยท accepted, alternate representation
  • Zastoma Iredale, 1915 (Invalid: unnecessary nom. nov. pro Brachystomia Monterosato, 1884, by Iredale treated as a junior homonym of Brachystoma J.S. Gardner, 1876.)

Brachystomia is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Pyramidellidae, the pyrams and their allies.

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