Haedropleura septangularis

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Haedropleura septangularis
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Haedropleura septangularis shell
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Superfamily: Conoidea
Family: Horaiclavidae
Genus: Haedropleura
Species:
H. septangularis
Binomial name
Haedropleura septangularis
(Montagu, 1803)
Synonyms [1]
  • Bela ginnania(Risso, 1826)
  • Bellaspira septangularis(Montagu, 1803)
  • Bela septangularis var. parvulataSacco, 1904
  • Bellaspira rigida(Reeve, 1846)
  • Bellaspira septangularis(Montagu, 1803)
  • Daphnella goreensisMaltzan, 1883 -
  • Haedropleura septangularis septangularis rigida (Reeve, 1846)
  • Mangelia ginnaniaRisso, 1826
  • Mangelia rigidaReeve, 1846 (original combination)
  • Murex septangularisMontagu, 1803
  • Murex septemangulatusDonovan, 1804 (dubious synonym)
  • Pleurotoma heptagonaScacchi, 1835

Haedropleura septangularis, common name the seven-ribbed conelet, is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Horaiclavidae.

Contents

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

Description

The size of an adult shell varies between 9 mm and 12 mm. The shell is pale yellowish or almost white, with distant strong ribs. The shoulder has brown dashes or spots, appearing on the ribs only. There is usually, on the body whorl a central line of spots, also on the ribs. [2]

Distribution

This species occurs in the Mediterranean Sea and off the Atlantic coast of Spain, Madeira and the Canaries; also off Mauritania.

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References

  1. 1 2 Haedropleura septangularis (Montagu, 1803) . Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species  on 4 April 2010.
  2. ↑ George Washington Tryon, Manual of Conchology vol. VI p. 243; 1884 (described as Mangilia vauquelini)


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