Haedropleura secalina

Haedropleura secalina
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Subclass:	Caenogastropoda
Order:	Neogastropoda
Superfamily:	Conoidea
Family:	Horaiclavidae
Genus:	Haedropleura
Species:	H. secalina
Binomial name
Haedropleura secalina (Philippi, 1844)
Synonyms [1]
Bellaspira secalinaNordsieck, 1977 Haedropleura septangularis var. secalina(Philippi, 1844) Mangelia secalina(Philippi, 1844) Pleurotoma secalinumPhilippi, 1844 Pleurotoma septangularis var. secalina(Philippi, 1844)

Haedropleura secalina is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Horaiclavidae.

It was previously included within the family Turridae, the turrids. ^[1]

It has been found as a fossil in the Redonien Formation in France. ^[2]

Distribution

This species occurs in the entire Mediterranean Sea, especially off Southern Italy; and off Turkey; in the Atlantic Ocean off the Canary Islands and Funchal.

References

1. Haedropleura secalinum (Philippi, 1844) . Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species  on 4 April 2010.
2. Glibert M.,Gastropodes du Miocène moyen du Bassin de la Loire, II (Mém. I.R.Sc.N.B., 2* sér., fasc. 46, 1952.)

• Philippi, R.A. (1844) Enumeratio molluscorum siciliae cum viventium tum in tellure terziaria fossilium quae in itinere suo observavit auctor. Volumen secundum continens addenda et emendanda, nec non-comparationem faunae recentis siciliae cum faunis aliarum terrarum et cum fauna periodi tertiariae. Halis Saxonum, E. Anton., 303 pp
• Micali P. 2010. Nota sul genere Haedropleura B.D.D., 1883 nel Mediterraneo. Malacologia Mostra Mondiale 67: 3–5

External links

• Tucker, J.K. 2004 Catalog of recent and fossil turrids (Mollusca: Gastropoda). Zootaxa 682:1–1295.