Horaiclavidae is a family of predatory sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the superfamily Conoidea.
In 2011 this family was split off from the family Pseudomelatomidae (formerly the subfamily Crassispirinae McLean, 1971) by Bouchet P., Kantor Yu.I., Sysoev A. & Puillandre N. in their publication "A new operational classification of the Conoidea". It forms a clade together with the family Clavatulidae. It has many characters in common with the family Pseudomelatomidae, except the smaller shell with a low spire, the short siphonal canal and a weak or absent spiral sculpture. The radular formula is 1-0-0-0-1, but some species in this family lack a radula.
Genera Genera within the family Horaiclavidae include: Anacithara Hedley, 1922 Anguloclavus Shuto, 1983 (taxon inquirendum) Aoteadrillia Powell, 1942 Asperosculptura Ardovini, Poppe & Tagaro, 2021 † Atoma Bellardi, 1875 Austrocarina Laseron, 1954 Austrodrillia Hedley, 1918 † Boreodrillia Sorgenfrei, 1958 Buchema Corea, 1934 Carinapex Dall, 1924 Ceritoturris Dall, 1924 Darrylia García, 2008 Epideira Hedley, 1918 Graciliclava Shuto, 1983 Haedropleura Bucquoy, Dautzenberg & Dollfus, 1883 Horaiclavus Oyama, 1954 - type genus Inodrillia Bartsch, 1943 - synonyms: Inodrillara Bartsch, 1943; Inodrillina Bartsch, 1943 Inkinga Kilburn, 1988 Iwaoa Kuroda, 1940 Marshallena Allan, 1927 - synonym: Sugitanitoma Kuroda, 1959 Mauidrillia Powell, 1942 Micropleurotoma Thiele, 1929 Naskia Sysoev & Ivanov, 1985 Nquma Kilburn, 1988 Paradrillia Makiyama, 1940 - synonyms: Vexitomina Powell, 1942; Alticlavatula MacNeil, 1960 Pseudexomilus Powell, 1944 Psittacodrillia Kilburn, 1988 Striatoguraleus Kilburn, 1994 Vexitomina Powell, 1942
Genera brought into synonymy Alticlavatula MacNeil, 1961: synonym of Paradrillia Makiyama, 1940 Coronacomitas Shuto, 1983: synonym of Paradrillia Makiyama, 1940 Cytharoclavus Kuroda & Oyama in Kuroda, Habe & Oyama, 1971: synonym of Horaiclavus Oyama, 1954 Inodrillara Bartsch, 1943: synonym of Inodrillia Bartsch, 1943 Inodrillina Bartsch, 1943: synonym of Inodrillia Bartsch, 1943 Regidrillia Powell, 1942: synonym of Austrodrillia Hedley, 1918 Sugitanitoma Kuroda, 1959: synonym of Marshallena Finlay, 1926
References
Sysoev, A. V., and D. L. Ivanov. "Nex Taxa of the Family Turridae (Gastropoda, Toxoglossa) from the Naska-ridge (Southeast Pacific)." Zoologichesky Zhurnal 64.2 (1985): 194–205.
External links
Bonfitto, Antonio, and Mauro Morassi. "Two new Horaiclavus (Horaiclavidae, Conoidea) species from the Indo-Pacific region." Zootaxa 3821.1 (2014): 146-150
Sealifebase: Species mentioned in Tucker, J.K. 2004 Catalog of recent and fossil turrids (Mollusca: Gastropoda). Zootaxa 682:1-1295 Worldwide Species Data Base: Horaiclavidae