Broderipia Explained

Broderipia is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Trochidae, the top snails.

Description

The shell is limpet-shaped, non-spiral, oblong-ovate and flattened. The shell is bilaterally symmetrical when adult. The apex is either subcentral or posterior, and either remaining as a minute recumbent spiral or lost in the adult shell. The ovate aperture is very large and internally brilliantlyiridescent or almost deprived of nacre.^{[1] [2]}

Distribution

The species of this marine genus occurs in the Red Sea, Gulf of Oman, Mauritius, New Caledonia, French Polynesia and in the Pacific Ocean.

Species

Species within the genus Broderipia include:

• Broderipia cumingii A. Adams, 1851
• Broderipia eximia G. & H. Nevill, 1869
• Broderipia iridescens (Broderip, 1834)
• Broderipia nitidissima Deshayes, 1863
• Broderipia rosea (Broderip, 1834)
• Broderipia subiridescens (Pilsbry, 1890)

References

• Vaught, K.C. (1989). A classification of the living Mollusca. American Malacologists: Melbourne, FL (USA). . XII, 195 pp

Notes and References

1. https://archive.org/details/lietuvostsrmoksl50liet Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London. pt. 18-19 (1850-1851)
2. https://archive.org/details/manualconch12tryorich G.W. Tryon (1890) Manual of Conchology; Academy of natural Sciences, Philadelphia, 1890