Higher Classification: > Kingdom Animalia > Subkingdom Eumetazoa > Phylum Mollusca > Class Gastropoda > Subclass Orthogastropoda > Subclass Heterobranchia > Infraclass Euthyneura > Subterclass Tectipleura > Superorder Pylopulmonata > Superfamily Pyramidelloidea > Family Pyramidellidae

Brachystomia Monterosato, 1884

Rank: Genus
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

*Odostomia (Brachystomia)*	Monterosato, 1884	synonym

Children

Brachystomia angusta (Jeffreys, 1867)
Brachystomia carrozzai (van Aartsen, 1987)
Brachystomia eulimoides (Hanley, 1844)
Brachystomia hispanica Nofroni, Renda & Vannozzi, 2022
Brachystomia pizzinii Nofroni, Renda & Vannozzi, 2022
Brachystomia scalaris (MacGillivray, 1843)
Brachystomia sorianoi (Peñas & Rolán, 2006)

Literature

original description	Monterosato, T. A. di. (1884). Nomenclatura generica e specifica di alcune conchiglie mediterranee. Virzi, printed for the author, Palermo, 152 pp.
additional source	Landau B.M. & LaFollette P.I. (2015). The Pyramidellidae (Mollusca: Gastropoda) from the Miocene Cantaure Formation of Venezuela. Cainozoic Research. 15(1-2): 13-54.
subsequent type designation	Crosse, H. (1885). Nomenclatura generica e specifica di alcune conchiglie mediterranee, pel Marchese di Monterosato [book review]. Journal de Conchyliologie. 33: 139-142.

Genbank

Citation

MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Brachystomia Monterosato, 1884. Via: Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvantidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2011) European Register of Marine Species, Accessed through PESI at http://www.eu-nomen.eu/portal/taxon.php?GUID=urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:491631