Spirotropis confusa

Species of gastropod

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

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.

Distribution

This species occurs in the demersal zone of the Mediterranean Sea

References

  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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  • 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
Taxon identifiers
Spirotropis confusa