Gyroscala lamellosa
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
| Family: | Epitoniidae |
| Genus: | Gyroscala |
| Species: | G. lamellosa
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| Gyroscala lamellosa (Lamarck, 1822)
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Gyroscala lamellosa, common name : the lamellose wentletrap, is a species of medium-sized predatory sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Epitoniidae, the wentletraps.[1]
Synonyms
[edit]In the course of time, this species has been given many names by different authors.[1]
- Cirsotrema perplexa (Pease, 1863)
- Epitonium albocostatum (Turton, 1932)
- Epitonium angustum (Mörch, 1875)
- Epitonium basicum Dall, 1917
- Epitonium consors (Crosse & P. Fischer, 1864)
- Epitonium filare (Mörch, 1875)
- Epitonium perplexum (Pease, 1863)
- Epitonium pyramis Tinker, 1952
- Epitonium rietensis (Turton, 1932)
- Gyroscala angusta (Mörch, 1875)
- Gyroscala commutata (Monterosato, 1877)
- Gyroscala hachijoensis Taki, 1957
- Gyroscala perplexa (Pease, 1863)
- Gyroscala purplexa Taki, 1957
- Gyroscala pyramis (Tinker, 1952)
- Nitidiscala basica (Dall, 1917)
- Opalia consors (Crosse & P. Fischer, 1864)
- Pomiscala perplicata (Iredale, 1929)
- Pomiscala reevesbyi Cotton, 1938
- Scala filaris Mörch, 1875
- Scala perplicata Iredale, 1929
- Scala torquata Fenaux, 1943
- Scalaria albocostata Turton, 1932
- Scalaria candida Monterosato, 1877
- Scalaria clathrus G. B. Sowerby, 1842
- Scalaria commutata Monterosato, 1877
- Scalaria consors Crosse & P. Fischer, 1864
- Scalaria fimbriosa W. Wood, 1842
- Scalaria lamellosa Lamarck, 1822 (basionym)
- Scalaria monocycla Lamarck, 1822
- Scalaria perplexa Pease, 1863
- Scalaria pseudoscalaris Brocchi, 1814
- Scalaria rietensis Turton, 1932
- Scalaria rufanensis Turton, 1932
Distribution
[edit]This species has a worldwide distribution in shallow water, from New Zealand and Australia to the Hawaiian Islands; in European waters, the Mediterranean Sea, the Atlantic Ocean (Angola, Cape Verde, West Africa), the Indian Ocean (Macaronesian Islands, Mascarene Basin, Mozambique), Brazil and the Caribbean Sea.
Description
[edit]The shell size varies between 9 mm and 40 mm
References
[edit]- ^ a b Gofas, S. (2010). Gyroscala lamellosa (Lamarck, 1822). In: Bouchet, P.; Gofas, S.; Rosenberg, G. (2010) World Marine Mollusca database. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=139744 on 23 November 2010
- Powell A. W. B., New Zealand Mollusca, William Collins Publishers Ltd, Auckland, New Zealand 1979 ISBN 0-00-216906-1
- 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
- Drivas, J. & M. Jay (1988). Coquillages de La Réunion et de l'île Maurice
- Rolán E., 2005. Malacological Fauna From The Cape Verde Archipelago. Part 1, Polyplacophora and Gastropoda
- Muller, Y. (2004). Faune et flore du littoral du Nord, du Pas-de-Calais et de la Belgique: inventaire. [Coastal fauna and flora of the Nord, Pas-de-Calais and Belgium: inventory]. Commission Régionale de Biologie Région Nord Pas-de-Calais: France. 307 pp
External links
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Wikimedia Commons has media related to Gyroscala lamellosa.
- "Epitonium (Epitonium) lamellosum". Gastropods.com. Retrieved 23 November 2010.