Marine Species of the British Isles and Adjacent Seas (MSBIAS)

ERMS taxon details

Spirotropis G. O. Sars, 1878

Spirotropis confusa (Seguenza, 1880)

AphiaID

137919 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:137919)

Classification

Status

accepted

Rank

Genus

Type taxon

Pleurotoma carinata Bivona, 1838 † accepted as Spirotropis confusa (G. Seguenza, 1880) (type by monotypy)

Parent

Drilliidae Olsson, 1964

Original name

Spirotropis G. O. Sars, 1878

Direct children (15)

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Species Spirotropis azorica Bouchet & Warén, 1980
Species Spirotropis centimata (Dall, 1889)
Species Spirotropis confusa (G. Seguenza, 1880)
Species Spirotropis galiciensis Oliver & Horro, 2022
Species Spirotropis guancha Ortega & Gofas, 2019
Species Spirotropis hernandezi Horro, Gori & Rolán, 2024
Species Spirotropis modiolus (De Cristofori & Jan, 1832) †
Species Spirotropis monterosatoi (Locard, 1897)
Species Spirotropis azoricus Bouchet & Warén, 1980 accepted as Spirotropis azorica Bouchet & Warén, 1980
Species Spirotropis carinata (Bivona, 1838) † accepted as Spirotropis confusa confusa (G. Seguenza, 1880)
Species Spirotropis centimatus (Dall, 1889) accepted as Spirotropis centimata (Dall, 1889)
Species Spirotropis clytotropis Sykes, 1906 accepted as Ancistrosyrinx clytotropis (Sykes, 1906) (original combination)
Species Spirotropis megalacme Sykes, 1906 accepted as Retidrillia megalacme (Sykes, 1906) (original combination)
Species Spirotropis melvilli Sykes, 1906 accepted as Micropleurotoma melvilli (Sykes, 1906) (original combination)
Species Spirotropis sarsi Warén, 1975 accepted as Spirotropis confusa (G. Seguenza, 1880) (synonym)

Environment

marine, fresh

Original description

Sars, G. O. (1878). Bidrag til Kundskaben om Norges arktiske Fauna. I. Mollusca Regionis Arcticae Norvegiae. Oversigt over de i Norges arktiske Region Forekommende Bløddyr. Brøgger, Christiania, xiii + 466 pp., pls 1-34 & I-XVIII., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/92496
page(s): 242 [details]

Taxonomic citation

MolluscaBase eds. (2021). MolluscaBase. Spirotropis G.O. Sars, 1878. Accessed through: Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvanitidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2021) European Register of Marine Species at: http://www.marbef.org/data/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=137919 on 2025-05-28

Regional species database citation

Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvanitidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2025). European Register of Marine Species. Spirotropis G. O. Sars, 1878. Accessed at: https://marbef.org/data/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=137919 on 2025-05-28

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

2004-12-21 15:54:05Z

created

Gofas, Serge

2005-04-16 10:28:02Z

changed

Vanden Berghe, Edward

2009-12-02 08:40:23Z

changed

Tucker, John

2011-08-13 08:36:10Z

changed

Bouchet, Philippe

2024-02-22 07:07:55Z

changed

Bouchet, Philippe

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original description Sars, G. O. (1878). Bidrag til Kundskaben om Norges arktiske Fauna. I. Mollusca Regionis Arcticae Norvegiae. Oversigt over de i Norges arktiske Region Forekommende Bløddyr. Brøgger, Christiania, xiii + 466 pp., pls 1-34 & I-XVIII., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/92496
page(s): 242 [details]

additional source Janssen, R. (1993). Taxonomy, evolution and spreading of the turrid genus Spirotropis (Gastropoda: Turridae). Scripta Geologica. Special Issue, 2: 237-261., available online at https://repository.naturalis.nl/pub/317308 [details] Available for editors

additional source Bernasconi, M. P.; Robba, E. (1985). The Miocene species of the genus Spirotropis (Turridae, Gastropoda) in Europe. Bollettino del Museo regionale di Scienze naturali. 3: 203-220. Torino. [details] Available for editors

additional source Bouchet, P.; Kantor, Y. I.; Sysoev, A.; Puillandre, N. (2011). A new operational classification of the Conoidea (Gastropoda). Journal of Molluscan Studies. 77(3): 273-308., available online at http://mollus.oxfordjournals.org/content/77/3/273.full.pdf [details]