Sediliopsis
Sediliopsis | |
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Shell of † Sediliopsis chowanensis | |
Scientific classification ![]() | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Mollusca |
Class: | Gastropoda |
Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
Order: | Neogastropoda |
Superfamily: | Conoidea |
Family: | Pseudomelatomidae |
Genus: | Sediliopsis Petuch, 1988 |
Type species | |
Pleurotoma gracilis Conrad, 1830
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Species | |
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Sediliopsis is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Pseudomelatomidae.[1]
This genus was long considered as extinct since the late Miocene, until Sedeliopsis riosi was discovered off Brazil, obviously a relict-pocket occurrence.[2]
Species[]
Species within the genus Sediliopsis include:
- † Sediliopsis angulata (Martin, 1904)
- † Sediliopsis aphanitoma (Dall, 1892)
- † Sediliopsis calvertensis (Martin, 1904)
- † Sediliopsis chowanensis (J. Garnder, 1948)
- † Sediliopsis distans (Conrad, 1862)
- † Sediliopsis gracilis (Conrad, 1830)
- † Sediliopsis incilifera (Conrad, 1834)
- † Sediliopsis ondulum (Fargo, 1953)
- † Sediliopsis patuxentia (Martin, 1904)
- Sediliopsis riosi Tippett, 1995[3]
References[]
- ^ a b Sediliopsis. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 13 April 2010.
- ^ Don I. Tippett, Taxonomic notes on the western Atlantic Turridae (Gastropoda: Conoidea); the Nautilus v. 109 (1995-1996)
- ^ Sediliopsis riosi Tippett, 1995. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 13 April 2010.
External links[]
- Tucker, J.K. (2004). "Catalog of recent and fossil turrids (Mollusca: Gastropoda)" (PDF). Zootaxa. 682: 1–1295.
- Bouchet, P.; Kantor, Y. I.; Sysoev, A.; Puillandre, N. (2011). A new operational classification of the Conoidea (Gastropoda). Journal of Molluscan Studies. 77(3): 273-308
- Worldwide Mollusc Species Data Base: Pseudomelatomidae
Categories:
- Sediliopsis
- Pseudomelatomidae
- Gastropod genera
- Pseudomelatomidae stubs