Strictispira Explained

Strictispira is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Pseudomelatomidae, the turrids and allies.^[1]

Taxonomy

Previously this genus was included in the family Turridae, subfamily Strictispirinae. Taylor et al. (1993) elevated this subfamily to the rank of family Strictispiridae.^[2] M.G. Faber (2007) stated that these species were conchological identical to Crassispira, but differ by a different radula type and buccal mass. But then he opinioned that this did not reflect a deep, subfamily-level phylogeny.^[3]

Species

Species within the genus Strictispira include:

• † Strictispira acurugata (Dall, 1890)
• Strictispira coltrorum Tippett, 2006
• Strictispira drangai (Schwengel, 1951)
• Strictispira ericana (Hertlein & A. M. Strong, 1951)
• Strictispira paxillus (Reeve, 1845)
• Strictispira redferni Tippett, 2006
• Strictispira stillmani Shasky, 1971

Species brought into synonymy:

• Strictispira solida (C. B. Adams, 1850) : synonym of Clathrodrillia solida (C. B. Adams, 1850)

External links

• McLean, J.H. (1971) A revised classification of the family Turridae, with the proposal of new subfamilies, genera, and subgenera from the Eastern Pacific. The Veliger, 14, 114–130
• Tucker . J.K. . 2004 . Catalog of recent and fossil turrids (Mollusca: Gastropoda) . Zootaxa . 682 . 1–1295 . 10.11646/zootaxa.682.1.1 .
• Bouchet, P.; Kantor, Y. I.; Sysoev, A.; Puillandre, N. (2011). A new operational classification of the Conoidea (Gastropoda). Journal of Molluscan Studies. 77(3): 273-308
• Worldwide Mollusc Species Data Base: Pseudomelatomidae

Notes and References

1. MolluscaBase (2018). Strictispira McLean, 1971. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=390990 on 2019-01-27
2. Taylor, J.D., Y.I. Kantor & A.V. SysoeV, 1993 [25 November], Foregut anatomy, feeding mechanisms, relationships and classification of the Conoidea (= Toxoglossa) (Gastropoda). Bulletin of the Natural History Museum, Zoology series, 59(2): 125–170
3. https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Marien_Faber/publication/254919170_Marine_gastropods_from_the_ABC_Islands_and_other_localities_25_The_subfamily_Crassispirinae_Gastropoda_Turridae_additions_and_corrections/links/556b222b08aeccd7773a186b.pdf FABER, MJ. "Marine gastropods from the ABC Islands and other localities. 24. The subfamily Crassispirinae, including the Strictispirinae, with the description of Crassispira asthenes n. sp.(Gastropoda: Turridae) from Aruba."