Longchaeus

Longchaeus is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Pyramidellidae, the pyrams and their allies.^[1]

Longchaeus
Two views of a shell of Longchaeus suturalis
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Subcohort:	Panpulmonata
Superfamily:	Pyramidelloidea
Family:	Pyramidellidae
Genus:	Longchaeus Mörch, 1875
Type species
Pyramidella punctata Schubert & Wagner, 1829
Synonyms[1]
† Callolongchaeus Dall, 1903 Lonchaeus (misspelling) Obeliscus (Longchaeus) Mörch, 1875 (original rank) Pharcidella Dall, 1889 Pyramidella (Longchaeus) Mörch, 1875 Pyramidella (Pharcidella) Dall, 1889 Pyramidella (Voluspa) Dall & Bartsch, 1904 Voluspa (gastropod) Dall & Bartsch, 1904 Wingenella Laseron, 1959

Species

Species within the genus Longchaeus include:^[1]

• Longchaeus achates (A. Gould, 1853)
• Longchaeus acus (Gmelin, 1791)
• Longchaeus adamsi (Carpenter, 1864)
• Longchaeus auricoma (Dall, 1889)
• Longchaeus bicolor Menke, 1854
• † Longchaeus canaliculatus (Gabb, 1873)
• Longchaeus candidus (Mörch, 1875)
• Longchaeus conicus (C. B. Adams, 1852)
• Longchaeus eburneus (Laseron, 1959)
• Longchaeus folinii (Dall, 1889)
• Longchaeus inopinatus (Schander, 1994)
• Longchaeus insularum (Pilsbry, 1922)
• † Longchaeus jamaicensis (Dall, 1896)
• Longchaeus maculosus (Lamarck, 1822)
• Longchaeus mazatlanicus (Dall & Bartsch, 1909)
• † Longchaeus menadensis (Schepman, 1907)
• † Longchaeus obtusatus (O. Semper, 1861)
• Longchaeus obtusus (Laseron, 1959)
• † Longchaeus olssoni (Maury, 1917)
• † Longchaeus plicosus (Bronn, 1838)
• Longchaeus suturalis (H. C. Lea, 1843)
• Longchaeus turritus (A. Adams, 1854)
• † Longchaeus unisulcatus (Dujardin, 1837)

Species brought into synonymy

• Longchaeus calesi Bartsch, 1955: synonym of Longchaeus suturalis (H. C. Lea, 1843)
• Longchaeus canaliculatus (Sowerby II, 1874): synonym of Longchaeus insularum (Pilsbry, 1922)
• † Longchaeus marionae Bartsch, 1955: synonym of Longchaeus suturalis (H. C. Lea, 1843)
• Longchaeus pricena (Laseron, 1959): synonym of Longchaeus obtusus (Laseron, 1959)
• Longchaeus punctatus (Schubert & J. A. Wagner, 1829): synonym of Longchaeus acus (Gmelin, 1791)
• Longchaeus schanderi (van Aartsen, Gittenberger & Goud, 1998): synonym of Pyramidella inopinata (Schander, 1994)
• Longchaeus sulcatus (A. Adams, 1854): synonym of Longchaeus maculosus (Lamarck, 1822)