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Strictispira

Strictispira is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Pseudomelatomidae, the turrids and allies.

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Strictispira
Shell of Strictispira redferni (specimen at MNHN, Paris)
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Superfamily: Conoidea
Family: Pseudomelatomidae
Genus: Strictispira
McLean, 1971
Type species
Crassispira ericana
Species

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Strictispira is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Pseudomelatomidae, the turrids and allies.1

Taxonomy

Previously this genus was included in the family Turridae, subfamily Strictispirinae. Taylor et al. (1993) elevated this subfamily to the rank of family Strictispiridae.2 M.G. Faber (2007) stated that these species were conchological identical to Crassispira, but differ by a different radula type and buccal mass. But then he opinioned that this did not reflect a deep, subfamily-level phylogeny.3

Species

Species within the genus Strictispira include:

Species brought into synonymy
References

References

  1. MolluscaBase (2018). Strictispira McLean, 1971. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=390990 on 2019-01-27
  2. Taylor, J.D., Y.I. Kantor & A.V. SysoeV, 1993 [25 November], Foregut anatomy, feeding mechanisms, relationships and classification of the Conoidea (= Toxoglossa) (Gastropoda). Bulletin of the Natural History Museum, Zoology series, 59(2): 125–170
  3. FABER, MJ. "Marine gastropods from the ABC Islands and other localities. 24. The subfamily Crassispirinae, including the Strictispirinae, with the description of Crassispira asthenes n. sp.(Gastropoda: Turridae) from Aruba."
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