Spirotropis monterosatoi

Spirotropis monterosatoi
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
Binomial name
Spirotropis monterosatoi Martens, 1904
Synonyms [1]
Pleurotoma monterosatoiLocard, 1897 (basionym) Taranis (Allo) monterosatoi(Locard, 1897)

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

Taxonomy

Bouchet & Warén (1980) placed S. sarsiWarén, 1975 and S. carinata of Mediterranean authors in the synonymy of this species, but this was shown to be incorrect by Janssen (1993). ^[1]

Description

The size of an adult shell varies between 14 mm and 26 mm.

Distribution

This species occurs in the benthic zone between Iceland and Norway, down to Northwest Africa; in the Mediterranean Sea.

References

1. Spirotropis monterosatoi (Locard, 1897) . Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species  on 6 November 2011.

• Janssen R. (1993) Taxonomy, evolution and spreading of the turrid genus Spirotropis (Gastropoda: Turridae). Scripta Geologica, Special Issue 2, 237–261
• Gofas, S.; Le Renard, J.; Bouchet, P. (2001). Mollusca, in: Costello, M.J. et al. (Ed.) (2001). European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Collection Patrimoines Naturels, 50: pp. 180–213
• Tucker, J.K. 2004 Catalog of recent and fossil turrids (Mollusca: Gastropoda). Zootaxa 682:1–1295

External links

• Locard, A. (1897-1898). Expéditions scientifiques du Travailleur et du Talisman pendant les années 1880, 1881, 1882 et 1883. Mollusques testacés. Paris, Masson.
• "Spirotropis monterosatoi". Gastropods.com. Retrieved 6 November 2011.