Spirotropis carinata

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Spirotropis carinata
FMIB 47681 Indian Deep-Sea Mollusca.jpeg
Drawing of Spirotropis carinata on a specimen of Xenophora pallidula
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Superfamily: Conoidea
Family: Drilliidae
Genus: Spirotropis
Species:
S. carinata
Binomial name
Spirotropis carinata
(Bivona, 1838)
Synonyms [1]
  • † Drillia carinata(Bivona, 1838)
  • † Pleurotoma acutaSismonda, 1842
  • † Pleurotoma carinataBivona, 1838 (nomen dubium)

Spirotropis carinata is a fossil species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Drilliidae. [1]

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Taxonomy

The name Spirotropis carinata has been misapplied to a Recent species from the Atlantic coasts of Europe. The true carinata is a fossil species from the Mediterranean. The valid name for the Recent species is Spirotropis confusa . [2]

Description

The white shell shows whorls slightly excavated above, angulated and carinated on the periphery. The sinus is broad, deep and remarkably distinct, with the upper edge thickened. [3]

Distribution

This fossil species was found in the Mediterranean Sea

Portion of radula of Spirotropis carinata FMIB 48619 Portion of radula of Spirotropis carinata Phil, Norway.jpeg
Portion of radula of Spirotropis carinata

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