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Spirotropis confusa

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Spirotropis confusa
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
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

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The length of the shell attains 16 mm.

Distribution

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This species occurs in the demersal zone of the Mediterranean Sea

References

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  1. ^ 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
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