Spirotropis (gastropod) explained

Spirotropis is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Drilliidae.^[1]

Species

Species within the genus Spirotropis include:

• Spirotropis agamedea (Dall, W.H., 1919)
• Spirotropis aganactica (Watson, 1886)
• Spirotropis azorica Bouchet & Warén, 1980
• † Spirotropis badensis R. Janssen, 1993
• † Spirotropis bainbridgensis Durham, 1944
• † Spirotropis calodius Moore, 1963
• † Spirotropis campi Durham, 1944
• † Spirotropis carinata (Bivona, 1838) (synonym of Spirotropis monterosatoi (É.A.A. Locard, 1897))
• Spirotropis centimata (Dall, 1889)
• † Spirotropis claibornica Garvie, 1996 ^[2]
• Spirotropis confusa (Seguenza, 1880)
• Spirotropis cymothoe (W.H. Dall, 1919)
• Spirotropis ephamilla Verrill, 1884
• Spirotropis eurytima Morassi, 1998
• Spirotropis genilda (Dall, 1908)
• † Spirotropis gramensis R. Janssen, 1993
• Spirotropis guancha Ortega & Gofas, 2019
• † Spirotropis karamanensis R. Janssen, 1993
• Spirotropis laodice (Dall, 1919)
• Spirotropis limula Martens, 1904
• Spirotropis lithocolleta (Watson, 1881)
• † Spirotropis modiolus (de Cristofori & Jan, 1832)
• Spirotropis monterosatoi (Locard, 1897)
• Spirotropis phaeacra (Watson, 1881)
• † Spirotropis spinescens (Bellardi, 1847)
• Spirotropis stirophora (Watson, 1881)
• Spirotropis studeriana (Martens, 1878)
• Spirotropis tmeta (Watson, 1881)
• †Spirotropis tortonica R. Janssen, 1993

Species brought into synonymy:

• Spirotropis acutus L.M.D. Bellardi in E. Sismonda, 1842: synonym of Spirotropis modiolus (G.J. De Cristofori & G. Jan, 1832)
• Spirotropis azoricus Bouchet & Warén, 1980: synonym of Spirotropis azorica Bouchet & Warén, 1980
• Spirotropis bulbacea R.B. Watson, 1881 synonym of Aoteadrillia bulbacea (R.B. Watson, 1881)
• Spirotropis centimatus (Dall, 1889): synonym of Spirotropis centimata (Dall, 1889)
• Spirotropis clytotropis Sykes, 1906: synonym of Ancistrosyrinx clytotropis (Sykes, 1906)
• Spirotropis leucopyrga W. Kobelt, 1904: synonym of Spirotropis centimata (W.H. Dall, 1889)
• Spirotropis megalacme Sykes, 1906: synonym of Drilliola megalacme (Sykes, 1906)
• Spirotropis melvilli Sykes, 1906: synonym of Micropleurotoma melvilli (Sykes, 1906)
• Spirotropis meta R.B. Watson, 1881: synonym of Spirotropis tmeta (R.B. Watson, 1881)
• Spirotropis patagonica (d'Orbigny, 1841): synonym of Bela patagonica (d'Orbigny, 1841) (superseded combination)
• Spirotropis remota Powell, 1958: synonym of Micropleurotoma remota (Powell, 1958)
• Spirotropis sarsi Warén, 1975: synonym of Spirotropis confusa (Seguenza, 1880)
• Spirotropis scalaris P. Partsch in J. Von Hauer, 1837:synonym of Spirotropis modiolus (G.J. De Cristofori & G. Jan, 1832)
• † Spirotropis spinescens Bernasconi & Robba, 1985 (partim); synonym of † Spirotropis badensis R. Janssen, 1993
• Spirotropis turrisulcata É.A.A. Locard, 1897: synonym of Theta chariessa (R.B. Watson, 1881)

References

• Bernasconi, M. P., and E. Robba. "The Miocene species of the genus Spirotropis (Turridae, Gastropoda) in Europe." Boll. Mus. reg. Sci. nat. Torino 3.1 (1985): 203–220.
• 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
• Tucker, J.K. 2004 Catalog of recent and fossil turrids (Mollusca: Gastropoda). Zootaxa 682:1-1295

External links

• Janssen, R. 1993. Taxonomy, evolution and spreading of the turrid genus Spirotropis (Gastropoda: Turridae). Scripta Geologica Special Issue 2:237-261, 2 figs., 5 pls.

Notes and References

1. P. Bouchet . Yu. I. Kantor . A. Sysoev . N. Puillandre . amp . 2011 . A new operational classification of the Conoidea (Gastropoda) . . 77 . 3 . 273–308 . 10.1093/mollus/eyr017. free .
2. Garvie, Christopher L. The Molluscan Macrofauna of the Reklaw Formation, Marquez Member (Eocene, Lower Claibornian), in Texas. 1996.