Spirotropis carinata explained

Spirotropis carinata is a fossil species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Drilliidae.

Taxonomy

The name Spirotropis carinata has been misapplied to a Recent species from the Atlantic coasts of Europe. The true carinata is a fossil species from the Mediterranean. The valid name for the Recent species is Spirotropis confusa.^[1]

Description

The white shell shows whorls slightly excavated above, angulated and carinated on the periphery. The sinus is broad, deep and remarkably distinct, with the upper edge thickened.^[2]

Distribution

This fossil species was found in the Mediterranean Sea

References

• Warén, Anders. "Spirotropis sarsi, new name for Spirotropis carinata Sars, 1878 (Gastropoda: Prosobranchia)." Sarsia 59.1 (1975): 49–52.
• Tucker, J.K. 2004 Catalog of recent and fossil turrids (Mollusca: Gastropoda). Zootaxa 682:1–1295

External links

• Bivona-Bernardi And., 1838. Generi e specie di molluschi descritti dal Barone Antonio Bivona e Bernardi. Lavori postumi pubblicati dal figlio Andrea dottore in medicina con note ed aggiunte. Giornale di Scienze Lettere e Arti per la Sicilia 61: 211–227

Notes and References

1. http://www.repository.naturalis.nl/document/148594 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
2. https://archive.org/details/manualconch06tryorich G.W. Tryon (1884) Manual of Conchology, structural and systematic, with illustrations of the species, vol. VI; Philadelphia, Academy of Natural Sciences