Stylopsis

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Stylopsis
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Mollusca
Class:
Gastropoda
(unranked):
clade Heterobranchia
clade Euthyneura
clade Panpulmonata
Superfamily:
Pyramidelloidea
Family:
Pyramidellidae
Genus:
Stylopsis

A. Adams, 1860
Type species
Eulimella (Stylopsis) typica A. Adams, 1860 [1]

Stylopsis is a genus of sea snails. In other words, they are a genus of marine gastropod, gastropods being a class of mollusk. This creature is within a particular family of sea snail called Pyramidellidae. [2]

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Description

The shell is subulate, opaque, smooth, and not polished. The whorls of the teleoconch are flattened. The suture is well-impressed. The aperture is subquadrangular. The columella is straight and simple. The lip is subangular in front. [3]

Species

Species within the genus Stylopsis include: [2]

Taxa inquerenda
The following species were brought into synonymy: [2]

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References

  1. ↑ Adams, Arthur (1860), "On some new genera and species of Mollusca from Japan", The Annals and Magazine of Natural History .
  2. 1 2 3 WoRMS (2011). Stylopsis A. Adams, 1860. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at this link on 2011-10-26
  3. ↑ Manual of Conchology vol. VIII, G.W. Tryon (1889); p. 319-320


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