Spirotropis monterosatoi | |
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Shell of Spirotropis monterosatoi (lectotype at MNHN, Paris) | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Mollusca |
Class: | Gastropoda |
Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
Order: | Neogastropoda |
Superfamily: | Conoidea |
Family: | Drilliidae |
Genus: | Spirotropis |
Species: | S. monterosatoi
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Binomial name | |
Spirotropis monterosatoi Martens, 1904
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Synonyms [1] | |
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Spirotropis monterosatoi is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Drilliidae. [1]
Bouchet & Warén (1980) placed S. sarsi Warén, 1975 and S. carinata of Mediterranean authors in the synonymy of this species, but this was shown to be incorrect by Janssen (1993). [1]
The size of an adult shell varies between 14 mm and 26 mm.
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This species occurs in the benthic zone between Iceland and Norway, down to northwest Africa; in the Mediterranean Sea.
Spirotropis monterosatoi | |
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Shell of Spirotropis monterosatoi (lectotype at MNHN, Paris) | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Mollusca |
Class: | Gastropoda |
Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
Order: | Neogastropoda |
Superfamily: | Conoidea |
Family: | Drilliidae |
Genus: | Spirotropis |
Species: | S. monterosatoi
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Binomial name | |
Spirotropis monterosatoi Martens, 1904
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Synonyms [1] | |
|
Spirotropis monterosatoi is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Drilliidae. [1]
Bouchet & Warén (1980) placed S. sarsi Warén, 1975 and S. carinata of Mediterranean authors in the synonymy of this species, but this was shown to be incorrect by Janssen (1993). [1]
The size of an adult shell varies between 14 mm and 26 mm.
This section needs expansion. You can help by
adding to it. (November 2011) |
This species occurs in the benthic zone between Iceland and Norway, down to northwest Africa; in the Mediterranean Sea.