Spirotropis carinata
Spirotropis carinata | |
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Drawing of Spirotropis carinata on a specimen of Xenophora pallidula | |
Scientific classification ![]() | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Mollusca |
Class: | Gastropoda |
Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
Order: | Neogastropoda |
Superfamily: | Conoidea |
Family: | Drilliidae |
Genus: | Spirotropis |
Species: | S. carinata
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Binomial name | |
Spirotropis carinata (Bivona, 1838)
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Synonyms[1] | |
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Spirotropis carinata is a fossil species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Drilliidae.[1]
Taxonomy[]
The name Spirotropis carinata has been misapplied to a Recent species from the Atlantic coasts of Europe. The true carinata is a fossil species from the Mediterranean. The valid name for the Recent species is Spirotropis confusa.[2]
Description[]
The white shell shows whorls slightly excavated above, angulated and carinated on the periphery. The sinus is broad, deep and remarkably distinct, with the upper edge thickened.[3]
Distribution[]
This fossil species was found in the Mediterranean Sea
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Portion of radula of Spirotropis carinata
References[]
- ^ a b Spirotropis carinata (Bivona, 1838). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 3 November 2011.
- ^ Janssen, R. 1993. Taxonomy, evolution and spreading of the turrid genus Spirotropis (Gastropoda: Turridae). Scripta Geologica Special Issue 2:237–261, 2 figs., 5 pls.
- ^ G.W. Tryon (1884) Manual of Conchology, structural and systematic, with illustrations of the species, vol. VI; Philadelphia, Academy of Natural Sciences
- Warén, Anders. "Spirotropis sarsi, new name for Spirotropis carinata Sars, 1878 (Gastropoda: Prosobranchia)." Sarsia 59.1 (1975): 49–52.
- Tucker, J.K. 2004 Catalog of recent and fossil turrids (Mollusca: Gastropoda). Zootaxa 682:1–1295
External links[]
Categories:
- Spirotropis (gastropod)
- Drilliidae stubs