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
Pleurotoma monterosatoi Locard, 1897 (basionym) Taranis (Allo) monterosatoi (Locard, 1897)

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

Taxonomy

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

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

• 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.