Elaeocyma

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|authority=Dall, 1918

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Elaeocyma is a genus of sea snails in the family Drilliidae.{{WRMS species|432452|Elaeocyma ||4 September 2011}}{{cite journal |author1=P. Bouchet |author2=Yu. I. Kantor |author3=A. Sysoev |author4=N. Puillandre |year=2011 |title=A new operational classification of the Conoidea (Gastropoda) |journal=Journal of Molluscan Studies |volume=77 |issue=3 |pages=273–308 |doi=10.1093/mollus/eyr017|doi-access=free }}

Description

This genus contains the light-colored species, with an oily gloss, thin shells, and prominent riblets usually crossed by rather widely spaced spiral striations, previously included in the genus Drillia.{{cite web | title=W.H. Dall (1918) Notes on the nomenclature of the mollusks of the family Turritidae; Proceedings of the United States National Museum v. 54 (1918) | website=Internet Archive | date=2009-07-13 | url=https://archive.org/details/proceedingsofuni541919unit }}

Distribution

This marine genus occurs off the Pacific coast of America.

Species

Species within the genus Elaeocyma include:

Elaeocyma amplinucis McLean & Poorman, 1971{{WRMS species|433617|Elaeocyma amplinucis McLean & Poorman, 1971||13 April 2010}}
Elaeocyma arenensis (Hertlein & Strong, 1951){{WRMS species|433618|Elaeocyma arenensis (Hertlein & Strong, 1951)||13 April 2010}}
Elaeocyma attalia Dall, 1919
† Elaeocyma benten (Yokoyama, 1920)
† Elaeocyma citharella (Lamarck, 1803)
† Elaeocyma drilliaeformis (Cossmann & Pissarro, 1901)
Elaeocyma empyrosia (Dall, 1899){{WRMS species|433619|Elaeocyma empyrosia (Dall, 1899)||13 April 2010}}
Elaeocyma melichroa McLean & Poorman, 1971{{WRMS species|433620|Elaeocyma melichroa McLean & Poorman, 1971||13 April 2010}}
† Elaeocyma plicata Lamarck 1804
Elaeocyma ricaudae Berry, 1969{{WRMS species|433621|Elaeocyma ricaudae Berry, 1969||13 April 2010}}
Elaeocyma splendidula (Sowerby I, 1834){{WRMS species|433622|Elaeocyma splendidula (Sowerby I, 1834)||13 April 2010}}
† Elaeocyma subcostaria (de Boury, 1899)
Elaeocyma tjibaliungensis Y. Otuka, 1937
Elaeocyma tjibaliungensis turuhikoi Y. Otuka, 1937 (synonym: Clavus (Elaeocyma) tjibaliungensis turuhikoi Otuka, 1937)

;Species brought into synonymy:

Elaeocyma abdera Dall, 1919 : synonym of Crassispira abdera (Dall, 1919)
Elaeocyma acapulcana Lowe, 1935 : synonym of Drillia acapulcana (Lowe, 1935)
Elaeocyma aegina Dall, 1919 : synonym of Calliclava aegina (Dall, 1919)
Elaeocyma aerope Dall, 1919 : synonym of Drillia aerope (Dall, 1919)
Elaeocyma arbela Dall, 1919 : synonym of Cymatosyrinx arbela (Dall, 1919)
Elaeocyma baileyi Berry, 1969: synonym of Splendrillia lalage (Dall, 1919)
† Elaeocyma chinensis MacNeil, 1960 : synonym of Siphonofusus chinensis (MacNeil, 1960)
Elaeocyma craneana Hertlein & Strong, 1951 : synonym of Calliclava craneana (Hertlein & Strong, 1951)
Elaeocyma halocydne Dall, 1919 : synonym of Kylix halocydne (Dall, 1919)
Elaeocyma ianthe Dall, 1919 : synonym of Kylix ianthe (Dall, 1919)
Elaeocyma impressa Hinds, 1843: synonym of Kylix impressa (R.B. Hinds, 1843)
Elaeocyma salvadorica Hertlein & Strong, 1951: synonym of Clathrodrillia salvadorica (Hertlein & Strong, 1951)

The Indo-Pacific Molluscan Database (OBIS) also accepts the following subspecies:[http://clade.ansp.org/obis/search.php/55963 OBIS : Elaeocyma Dall, 1918]

Elaeocyma glabriuscula glabriuscula (Yokoyama, 1922)
Elaeocyma glabriuscula brevis (Yokoyama, 1922)

The following species are also included in this genus by the Shell Catalogue:[http://www.gastropods.com/Taxon_pages/Family_DRILLIIDAE.shtml Gastropods.com : Family Drilliidae; accessed : 4 September 2011]

Elaeocyma clavata (Sowerby, G.B. I, 1834)

References

External links

[http://www.bagniliggia.it/WMSD/PDFFamily/DRILLIIDAE.pdf Worldwide Mollusca Database: Family Drilliidae]
[http://olivirv.myspecies.info/sites/olivirv.myspecies.info/files/2008_-_merle_-_le_contenu_paleontologique_du_lutetien_du_bassin_de_paris.pdf Patrick De Wever & Annie Cornée, Le contenu paléontologique du Lutétien du bassin de Paris; Muséum national d’Histoire naturelle, Paris (2008)]