Stilifer

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Stilifer
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Engraving of Stilifer from 1854.
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Mollusca
Class:
Gastropoda
(unranked):
clade Caenogastropoda
clade Hypsogastropoda
informal group Ptenoglossa
Superfamily:
Eulimoidea
Family:
Eulimidae
Genus:
Stilifer

Broderip and Sowerby, 1832
Type species
Stilifer astericola Broderip, 1832
Synonyms[1]
  • Stylifer Cossmann, 1921

Stilifer is a genus of small ectoparasitic sea snails that used to belong in the family Stiliferidae. Most recent sources consider it part of the family Eulimidae, which also belongs to the superfamily Eulimoidea.[1]

Description[]

"The imperforate, hyaline, thin shell has ab ovoid or elongated shape. It is smooth and polished. It contains numerous whorl. The apex is very sharp, sometimes bent. The nucleus is sinistral. The body whorl is globular. The aperture is suboval. The inner lip is smooth and arcuated. The outer lip is slightly sinuous, thin, and simple. There is no operculum.

The body of the animal is ciliated. The tentacles are slender, subulate, with eyes sessile at their outer bases. The mantle is reflected upon and more or less surrounding the shell, forming a siphonal lobe on the right side. The foot is linguiform, narrow and tubular in front, where it extends much beyond the head, attenuated behind, with a median groove below. The verge is sharp, elongated, resembling a tentacle.

This genus is commensal or parasitic in its habits, occurring on Echinoderms." [2]

Species[]

The World Register of Marine Species (WoRMS) includes the following species with accepted names in the genus Stilifer:[1]

Species brought into synonymy
  • Stilifer abyssorum Locard, 1897: synonym of (Watson, 1883)
  • Stilifer acicula Gould, 1849: synonym of Melanella acicula (Gould, 1849)
  • Stilifer attenuata Sowerby, 1878: synonym of (Broderip, 1832)
  • Stilifer auricula Hedley, 1907: synonym of (Hedley, 1907)
  • Stilifer brychius Watson, 1883: synonym of (Watson, 1883)
  • Stilifer bulbiformis Sowerby, 1878: synonym of (Broderip, 1832)
  • Stilifer crotaphis Watson, 1886: synonym of (Petterd, 1884)
  • Stilifer curtus (A. E. Verrill, 1882): synonym of (A. E. Verrill, 1872)
  • Stilifer deformis Pease, 1867: synonym of (Broderip, 1832)
  • Stilifer exarata A. Adams, 1855: synonym of (Broderip, 1832)
  • Stilifer fastigiata Sowerby, 1878: synonym of (Broderip, 1832)
  • Stilifer kochianus G. B. Sowerby III, 1901: synonym of Stilifer variabilis O. Boettger, 1893
  • Stilifer lodderae Petterd, 1884: synonym of (Petterd, 1884)
  • Stilifer minima Dall, 1927: synonym of (Dall, 1927)
  • Stilifer minimus Dall, 1927: synonym of (Dall, 1927)
  • Stilifer minuta Dall, 1927: synonym of (Dall, 1927)
  • Stilifer mittrei Petit de la Saussaye, 1851: synonym of Echineulima mittrei (Petit de la Saussaye, 1851)
  • Stilifer neozelanica Dell, 1956: synonym of (Dell, 1956)
  • Stilifer ophidiastericola Habe, 1951: synonym of Stilifer utinomi Habe, 1951
  • Stilifer orbiculatus Hedley, 1907: synonym of (Hedley, 1907)
  • Stilifer palucciae P. Fischer, 1864: synonym of Echineulima palucciae Small text(P. Fischer, 1864)
  • Stilifer parva Schepman, 1909: synonym of Stilapex parva (Schepman, 1909)
  • Stilifer perdepressus Dall, 1925: synonym of (Dall, 1925)
  • Stilifer petterdi Tate & May, 1901: synonym of (Petterd, 1884)
  • Stilifer polaris Hedley, 1916: synonym of Stilapex polaris (Hedley, 1916)
  • Stilifer pyramidalis Reeve, 1859: synonym of (Broderip, 1832)
  • Stilifer robusta Petterd, 1884: synonym of (Petterd, 1884)
  • Stilifer sibogae Schepman & Nierstrasz, 1909: synonym of (Schepman & Nierstrasz, 1909)
  • Stilifer solida Sowerby, 1878: synonym of (Broderip, 1832)
  • Stilifer speciosus H. Adams, 1869: synonym of (Broderip, 1832)
  • Stilifer sphaeroconcha Habe, 1974: synonym of (Habe, 1974)
  • Stilifer subangulatus A. Adams, 1855: synonym of (Broderip, 1832)
  • Stilifer subulatus Broderip, 1832: synonym of (Broderip, 1832)
  • Stilifer thielei Sturany, 1903: synonym of Stilapex thielei (Sturany, 1903)
  • Stilifer thomasiae Sowerby, 1878: synonym of (Broderip, 1832)
  • Stilifer variciferus Hedley, 1899: synonym of (Broderip, 1832)
  • Stilifer verrilli Dall, 1927: synonym of (A. E. Verrill, 1872)

References[]

  1. ^ a b c Vanden Berghe, Edward (2004). "Stilifer Broderip (in Broderip & Sowerby I), 1832". WoRMS. World Register of Marine Species.
  2. ^ G.W. Tryon (1886) Manual of Conchology v; VIII
  • Broderip, 1832 (in Broderip & Sowerby) Proceedings of the Committee of Science and Correspondence of the Zoological Society of London, 2: 60.
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