Haedropleura secalina explained

Haedropleura secalina is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Horaiclavidae.

It was previously included within the family Turridae, the turrids.

It has been found as a fossil in the Redonien Formation in France.^[1]

Distribution

This species occurs in the entire Mediterranean Sea, especially off Southern Italy; and off Turkey; in the Atlantic Ocean off the Canary Islands and Funchal.

References

• Philippi, R.A. (1844) Enumeratio molluscorum siciliae cum viventium tum in tellure terziaria fossilium quae in itinere suo observavit auctor. Volumen secundum continens addenda et emendanda, nec non-comparationem faunae recentis siciliae cum faunis aliarum terrarum et cum fauna periodi tertiariae. Halis Saxonum, E. Anton., 303 pp
• Micali P. 2010. Nota sul genere Haedropleura B.D.D., 1883 nel Mediterraneo. Malacologia Mostra Mondiale 67: 3–5

External links

• Tucker, J.K. 2004 Catalog of recent and fossil turrids (Mollusca: Gastropoda). Zootaxa 682:1–1295.

Notes and References

1. Glibert M.,Gastropodes du Miocène moyen du Bassin de la Loire, II (Mém. I.R.Sc.N.B., 2* sér., fasc. 46, 1952.)