Spirotropis confusa

Spirotropis confusa
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Superfamily: Conoidea
Family: Drilliidae
Genus: Spirotropis
Species:
S. confusa
Binomial name
Spirotropis confusa
(Seguenza, 1880)
Synonyms[1]
  • Drillia confusa Seguenza G., 1880
  • Mangelia eburnea Sars M., 1859 (nvalid: junior secondary homonym of Pleurotoma eburnea Bivona, 1839; Spirotropis sarsi is a replacement name)
  • † Pleurotoma carinata Bivona, 1838 (nomen dubium; and also invalid: junior homonym of Pleurotoma carinata Deshayes, 1834, and P. carinata Gray, 1834)
  • Spirotropis carinata (Bivona, 1838) sensu G.O. Sars, 1878 misapplication
  • Spirotropis sarsi Warén, 1975
Image of the spirotropis confusa shell
Image of the spirotropis confusa shell

Spirotropis confusa is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Drilliidae.[1]

Subspecies

  • Spirotropis confusa confusa (Seguenza, 1880)
  • Spirotropis confusa sarsi Warén, 1975

Description

The length of the shell attains 16 mm.

(Original description in Italian) This form, which I separate from † Gymnobela galerita (R. A. Philippi, 1844), is distinguished quite easily by being much more slender, and by having the keel of the whorls less prominent and not thinned out.[2]

Distribution

This species occurs in the demersal zone of the Mediterranean Sea.

References

  1. 1 2 Gofas, S. (2011). Spirotropis confusa (Seguenza, 1880). In: MolluscaBase (2016). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=573431 on 2016-11-16
  2. ↑ Seguenza, G. (1880). Le formazioni terziarie nella provincia di Reggio (Calabria). Memorie della Classe di Scienze Fisiche Matematiche e Naturali della Regia Accademia del Lincei. 3(6):1–445 Public Domain This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.
  • Warén A. (1975). Spirotropis sarsi, new name for Spirotropis carinata Sars, 1878 (Gastropoda: Prosobranchia). Sarsia 59: 49-52
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