Spirotropis (gastropod)

Spirotropis

Drawing of Spirotropis patagonica
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
(unranked):	clade Caenogastropoda clade Hypsogastropoda clade Neogastropoda
Superfamily:	Conoidea
Family:	Drilliidae
Genus:	Spirotropis G.O. Sars, 1878
Type species
† Pleurotoma carinata Bivona, 1838

Spirotropis is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Drilliidae.^[1] ^[2]

Species

Species within the genus Spirotropis include:

Spirotropis agamedea (Dall, W.H., 1919)
Spirotropis aganactica (Watson, 1886)
Spirotropis azorica Bouchet & Warén, 1980
† Spirotropis badensis R. Janssen, 1993
† Spirotropis bainbridgensis Durham, 1944
† Spirotropis calodius Moore, 1963
† Spirotropis campi Durham, 1944
† Spirotropis carinata (Bivona, 1838)
Spirotropis centimata (Dall, 1889)
† Spirotropis claibornica Garvie, 1996
Spirotropis confusa (Seguenza, 1880)
Spirotropis ephamilla Verrill, 1884
Spirotropis eurytima Morassi, 1998
Spirotropis genilda (Dall, 1908)
† Spirotropis gramensis R. Janssen, 1993
Spirotropis laodice (Dall, 1919)
Spirotropis limula Martens, 1904
Spirotropis lithocolleta (Watson, 1881)
† Spirotropis modiolus (de Cristofori & Jan, 1832)
Spirotropis monterosatoi (Locard, 1897)
Spirotropis patagonica (d'Orbigny, 1841)
Spirotropis phaeacra (Watson, 1881)
Spirotropis remota Powell, 1958
Spirotropis stirophora (Watson, 1881)
Spirotropis studeriana (Martens, 1878)
Spirotropis tmeta (Watson, 1881)

Species brought into synonymy

Spirotropis azoricus Bouchet & Warén, 1980 accepted as Spirotropis azorica Bouchet & Warén, 1980
Spirotropis centimatus (Dall, 1889) accepted as Spirotropis centimata (Dall, 1889)
Spirotropis clytotropis Sykes, 1906 accepted as Ancistrosyrinx clytotropis (Sykes, 1906)
Spirotropis megalacme Sykes, 1906 accepted as Drilliola megalacme (Sykes, 1906)
Spirotropis melvilli Sykes, 1906 accepted as Micropleurotoma melvilli (Sykes, 1906)

References

^ Spirotropis . Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=137919 on 2 November 2011.
^ P. Bouchet, Yu. I. Kantor, A. Sysoev & N. Puillandre (2011). "A new operational classification of the Conoidea (Gastropoda)". Journal of Molluscan Studies 77 (3): 273–308. doi:10.1093/mollus/eyr017.

Gofas, S.; Le Renard, J.; Bouchet, P. (2001). Mollusca, in: Costello, M.J. et al. (Ed.) (2001). European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Collection Patrimoines Naturels, 50: pp. 180-213
Tucker, J.K. 2004 Catalog of recent and fossil turrids (Mollusca: Gastropoda). Zootaxa 682:1-1295.

External links

* 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.