Haedropleura septangularis

Haedropleura septangularis
Haedropleura septangularis shell
Scientific classification
Kingdom:Animalia
Phylum:Mollusca
Class:Gastropoda
Clade:Caenogastropoda
Clade:Hypsogastropoda
Clade:Neogastropoda
Superfamily:Conoidea
Family:Horaiclavidae
Genus:Haedropleura
Species: H. septangularis
Binomial name
Haedropleura septangularis
(Montagu, 1803)
Synonyms[1]
  • Bela ginnania (Risso, 1826)
  • Bellaspira septangularis (Montagu, 1803)
  • Bela septangularis var. parvulata Sacco, 1904
  • Bellaspira rigida (Reeve, 1846)
  • Bellaspira septangularis (Montagu, 1803)
  • Haedropleura septangularis septangularis rigida (Reeve, 1846)
  • Mangelia ginnania Risso, 1826
  • Mangelia rigida Reeve, 1846 (original combination)
  • Murex septangularis Montagu, 1803
  • Murex septemangulatus Donovan, 1804 (dubious synonym)
  • Pleurotoma heptagona Scacchi, 1835

Haedropleura septangularis, common name the seven-ribbed conelet, is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Horaiclavidae.

It was previously included within the family Turridae, the turrids.[1]

Description

The size of an adult shell varies between 9 mm and 12 mm. The shell is pale yellowish or almost white, with distant strong ribs. The shoulder has brown dashes or spots, appearing on the ribs only. There is usually, on the body whorl a central line of spots, also on the ribs.[2]

Distribution

This species occurs in the Mediterranean Sea and off the Atlantic coast of Spain, Madeira and the Canaries; also off Mauritania.

References

  1. 1 2 Haedropleura septangularis (Montagu, 1803).  Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 4 April 2010.
  2. ↑ George Washington Tryon, Manual of Conchology vol. VI p. 243; 1884 (described as Mangilia vauquelini)
  • Montagu, G. (1803) Testacea Britannica or natural history of British shells, marine, land, and fresh-water, including the most minute: systematically arranged and embellished with figures. J. White, London, 291 pp.
  • Gofas, S.; Le Renard, J.; Bouchet, P. (2001). Mollusca. in: Costello, M.J. et al. (eds), European Register of Marine Species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Patrimoines Naturels. 50: 180-213


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