Stramonita

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Stramonita
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
(unranked): clade Caenogastropoda
clade Hypsogastropoda
clade Neogastropoda
Superfamily: Muricoidea
Family: Muricidae
Subfamily: Rapaninae
Genus: Stramonita
Schumacher, 1817
Synonyms[1]
  • Purpura (Stramonita)
  • Thais (Stramonita)

Stramonita is a genus of predatory sea snails, marine gastropod molluscs in the family Muricidae, the rock snails.

Species

The genus Stramonita contains the following species:[1]

Species brought into synonymy
  • Stramonita bicarinata (Blainville, 1832): synonym of Stramonita rustica (Lamarck, 1822)
  • Stramonita blainvillei (Deshayes, 1844): synonym of Stramonita delessertiana (d'Orbigny, 1841)
  • Stramonita hederacea Schumacher, 1817: synonym of Nassa serta (Bruguière, 1789)

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 Stramonita Schumacher, 1817. 5 April 2010. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species.
  • 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
  • Claremont M., Williams S.T., Barraclough T.G. & Reid D.G. (2011) The geographic scale of speciation in a marine snail with high dispersal potential. Journal of Biogeography 38: 1016-1032.


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