Struthiolaria

"Ostrich foot" redirects here. For the foot of an ostrich, see Ostrich § Description.
Struthiolaria
An apertural view of a shell of the ostrich foot,
Struthiolaria papulosa
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
(unranked): clade Caenogastropoda
clade Hypsogastropoda
clade Littorinimorpha
Superfamily: Stromboidea
Family: Struthiolariidae
Genus: Struthiolaria
Lamarck, 1816
Type species
Struthiolaria nodulosa Lamarck, 1816
Species

See text

Synonyms
  • Struthiolaria (Callusaria) Finlay, 1926 · accepted, alternate representation
  • Struthiolaria (Struthiolaria) Lamarck, 1816 · accepted, alternate representation

Struthiolaria, commonly known as the ostrich foot snails, is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod molluscs in the family Struthiolariidae. [1]

Species

Species within the genus Struthiolaria include:

Species brought into synonymy 

References

  1. Bouchet, P.; Rosenberg, G. (2011). Struthiolaria Lamarck, 1816. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=527648 on 2011-03-11
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