Sorgenfreispira brachystoma

Sorgenfreispira brachystoma
Sorgenfreispira brachystoma
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Clade:	Caenogastropoda
Clade:	Hypsogastropoda
Clade:	Neogastropoda
Superfamily:	Conoidea
Family:	Mangeliidae
Genus:	Sorgenfreispira
Species:	S. brachystoma
Binomial name
Sorgenfreispira brachystoma (Philippi, 1844)
Synonyms[1]
Bela brachystoma (Philippi, 1844) Bela confusa (Locard, 1897) Mangelia (Mangelia) brachystoma (Philippi) Pleurotoma brachystoma var. curta Almera & Bofill, 1898 Pleurotoma brachystoma var. emporitensis Almera, 1907 Pleurotoma brachystomum Philippi, 1844 (basionym) Pleurotoma granulifera Brugnone, 1862 Pleurotoma submarginata var. minor Almera & Bofill, 1898 Raphitoma brachystoma (Philippi, 1844) Raphitoma brachystoma var. comitasensis Fontannes, 1879 Raphitoma confusa Locard, 1897 Raphitoma confusum Locard, 1897 (dubious synonym; incorrect gender ending)

Sorgenfreispira brachystoma is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Mangeliidae.^[1]

The subspecies Sorgenfreispira brachystoma africana Ardovini, 2004 has become a synonym of Sorgenfreispira africana Ardovini, 2004

Description

The shell size varies between 4 mm and 7 mm

Distribution

This species occurs in the Northeast Atlantic Ocean off Norway, in the North Sea off the British Isles, in the Atlantic Ocean off Ireland, Spain, Portugal and West Africa, and in the Mediterranean Sea and the Adriatic Sea

References

• Locard A. (1897-1898). Expéditions scientifiques du Travailleur et du Talisman pendant les années 1880, 1881, 1882 et 1883. Mollusques testacés.. Paris, Masson vol. 1 [1897], p. 1-516 pl. 1-22 vol. 2 [1898], p. 517-1044 pl. 23-40: page(s): p. 227-228, pl. 11 fig. 27-32
• Hayward, P.J.; Ryland, J.S. (Ed.) (1990). The marine fauna of the British Isles and North-West Europe: 1. Introduction and protozoans to arthropods. Clarendon Press: Oxford, UK. ISBN 0-19-857356-1. 627 pp
• de Kluijver, M.J.; Ingalsuo, S.S.; de Bruyne, R.H. (2000). Macrobenthos of the North Sea [CD-ROM]: 1. Keys to Mollusca and Brachiopoda. World Biodiversity Database CD-ROM Series. Expert Center for Taxonomic Identification (ETI): Amsterdam, The Netherlands. ISBN 3-540-14706-3
• 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

External links

• Della Bella G., Naldi F. & Scarponi D. (2015). Molluschi marini del Plio-Pleistocene dell'Emilia-Romagna e della Toscana - Superfamiglia Conoidea, vol. 4, Mangeliidae II. Lavori della Società Italiana di Malacologia. 26: 1-80
• Mariottini P., Di Giulio A., Smriglio C. & Oliverio M. (2015). Additional notes on the systematics and new records of East Atlantic species of the genus Sorgenfreispira Moroni, 1979 (Gastropoda Mangeliidae). Biodiversity Journal. 6(1): 431-440
• Gastropods.com : Sorgenfreispira brachystoma brachystoma

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