Spirotropis confusa
| Spirotropis confusa | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
| Order: | Neogastropoda |
| Superfamily: | Conoidea |
| Family: | Drilliidae |
| Genus: | Spirotropis |
| Species: | S. confusa
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| Binomial name | |
| Spirotropis confusa (Seguenza, 1880)
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| Synonyms[1] | |
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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
[edit]The length of the shell attains 16 mm.
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Distribution
[edit]This species occurs in the demersal zone of the Mediterranean Sea
References
[edit]- ^ a b 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
- Warén A. (1975). Spirotropis sarsi, new name for Spirotropis carinata Sars, 1878 (Gastropoda: Prosobranchia). Sarsia 59: 49-52
External links
[edit]- 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
- Sars, M. (1859). Bidrag til en skildring af den arktiske molluskfauna ved Norges nordlige kyst. Forhandlinger i Videnskabs-Selskabet i Christiania. (1858): 34-8
- Bivona-Bernardi And. (1838). Generi et specie di molluschi descritti dal Barone Antonio Bivona e Bernardi. Lavori postumi pubblicati dal figlio Andrea dottore in medicina con note ed aggiunte. Giornale di Scienze Lettere e Arti per la Sicilia. 61: 211-227 [stated date March 1838]; 63: 319-324
- 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
- Gofas, S.; Luque, Á. A.; Templado, J.; Salas, C. (2017). A national checklist of marine Mollusca in Spanish waters. Scientia Marina. 81(2) : 241-254, and supplementary online material.
- "Spirotropis confusa". Gastropods.com. Retrieved 16 January 2019.
- Sars, M. (1859). Bidrag til en skildring av den arctiske molluskfauna ved Norges nordlige kyst. Forhandlinger i Videnskabsselskabet i Kristiania. (1858): 34–87