Struthiolaria Explained

Struthiolaria, commonly known as the ostrich foot snails, is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod molluscs in the family Struthiolariidae.^[1]

Species

Species within the genus Struthiolaria include:

• Struthiolaria ameghinoi Ihering, 1897
• Struthiolaria frazeri Hutton, 1917
• † Struthiolaria incrassata Powell, 1931
• Struthiolaria papulosa (Martyn, 1784)
  • Struthiolaria papulosa gigas Sowerby, G.B. II, 1842
• † Struthiolaria (Callusaria) arthritica Bartrum & Powell, 1928
• † Struthiolaria (Callusaria) callosa Marwick, 1924
• † Struthiolaria (Callusaria) obesa Hutton, 1885
• † Struthiolaria (Callusaria) otaioica Laws, 1935
• † Struthiolaria (Callusaria) spinifera Marwick, 1924
• † Struthiolaria (Callusaria) spinosa Hector, 1886
• † Struthiolaria (Callusaria) tuberculata Hutton, 1873
• † Struthiolaria (Struthiolaria) calcar Hutton, 1886
• † Struthiolaria (Struthiolaria) cincta Hutton, 1873
• † Struthiolaria (Struthiolaria) cingulata Zittel, 1864
• † Struthiolaria (Struthiolaria) dolorosa L. C. King, 1934
• † Struthiolaria (Struthiolaria) errata Marwick, 1924
• † Struthiolaria (Struthiolaria) firthi Marwick, 1948
• † Struthiolaria (Struthiolaria) frazeri Hutton, 1885
• † Struthiolaria (Struthiolaria) illepida Bartrum & Powell, 1928
• † Struthiolaria (Struthiolaria) lawsi Powell & Bartrum, 1929
• † Struthiolaria (Struthiolaria) nexa Marwick, 1931
• † Struthiolaria (Struthiolaria) praenuntia Marwick, 1926
• † Struthiolaria (Struthiolaria) prior Finlay, 1926

Species brought into synonymy :

• † Struthiolaria acuminata Marwick, 1924: synonym of Pelicaria vermis (Martyn, 1784)
• † Struthiolaria convexa Marwick, 1924: synonym of Pelicaria vermis (Martyn, 1784)
• Struthiolaria crenulata Lamarck, 1822: synonym of Pelicaria vermis (Martyn, 1784)
• † Struthiolaria fossa Marwick, 1924: synonym of Pelicaria vermis (Martyn, 1784)
• Struthiolaria gigas Sowerby II, 1842: synonym of Struthiolaria papulosa (Martyn, 1784)
• Struthiolaria inermis G.B. Sowerby I, 1821: synonym of Pelicaria vermis (Martyn, 1784)
• † Struthiolaria media Marwick, 1924: synonym of Pelicaria vermis (Martyn, 1784)
• Struthiolaria mirabilis E. A. Smith, 1875: synonym of Perissodonta mirabilis (E. A. Smith, 1875)
• Struthiolaria nodulosa Lamarck: synonym of Struthiolaria papulosa (Martyn, 1784)
• Struthiolaria scutulata (Gmelin, 1791): synonym of Tylospira scutulata (Gmelin, 1791)
• Struthiolaria tricarinata Lesson, 1841: synonym of Pelicaria vermis (Martyn, 1784)
• Struthiolaria vermis (Martyn, 1784): synonym of Pelicaria vermis (Martyn, 1784)
  • Struthiolaria vermis bradleyi Neef, 1970: as above
  • Struthiolaria vermis flemingi Neef, 1970: as above
  • Struthiolaria vermis grahami Neef, 1970: as above
  • Struthiolaria vermis powelli Neef, 1970: as above

References

• NZ Mollusca
• Ohio State University
• http://www.stromboidea.de/?n=Species.Struthiolariidae
• Bruce A. Marshall, Molluscan and brachiopod taxa introduced by F. W. Hutton in The New Zealand journal of science; Journal of the Royal Society of New Zealand, Volume 25, Issue 4, 1995

Notes and References

1. Bouchet, P.; Rosenberg, G. (2011). Struthiolaria Lamarck, 1816. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=527648 on 2011-03-11