Spirotropis carinata

Spirotropis carinata
Drawing of Spirotropis carinata on a specimen of Xenophora pallidula
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Clade: Caenogastropoda
Clade: Hypsogastropoda
Clade: Neogastropoda
Superfamily: Conoidea
Family: Drilliidae
Genus: Spirotropis
Species: S. carinata
Binomial name
Spirotropis carinata
(Bivona, 1838)
Synonyms[1]
  • † Drillia carinata (Bivona, 1838)
  • † Pleurotoma acuta Sismonda, 1842
  • † Pleurotoma carinata Bivona, 1838 (nomen dubium)

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

Taxonomy

The name Spirotropis carinata has been misapplied to a Recent species from the Atlantic coasts of Europe. The true carinata is a fossil species from the Mediterranean. The valid name for the Recent species is Spirotropis confusa. [2]

Description

The white shell shows whorls slightly excavated above, angulated and carinated on the periphery. The sinus is broad, deep and remarkably distinct, with the upper edge thickened. [3]

Distribution

This fossil species was found in the Mediterranean Sea

Portion of radula of Spirotropis carinata

References

  1. 1 2 Spirotropis carinata (Bivona, 1838).  Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 3 November 2011.
  2. ↑ 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.
  3. ↑ G.W. Tryon (1884) Manual of Conchology, structural and systematic, with illustrations of the species, vol. VI; Philadelphia, Academy of Natural Sciences


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