Stylopsis

Stylopsis
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
(unranked): clade Heterobranchia
clade Euthyneura
clade Panpulmonata
Superfamily: Pyramidelloidea
Family: Pyramidellidae
Genus: Stylopsis
A. Adams, 1860
Type species
Eulimella (Stylopsis) typica A. Adams, 1860[1]

Stylopsis is a genus of sea snails. In other words, they are a genus of marine gastropod, gastropods being a class of mollusk. This creature is within a particular family of sea snail called Pyramidellidae.[2]

Description

The shell is subulate, opaque, smooth,and not polished. The whorls of the teleoconch are flattened. The suture is well-impressed. The aperture is subquadrangular. The columella is straight and simple. The lip is subangular in front.[3]

Species

Species within the genus Stylopsis include:[2]

  • Stylopsis pulchellus de Folin, 1870
  • Stylopsis sulcata A. Adams, 1861
  • Stylopsis typica A. Adams, 1860
Taxa inquerenda
  • Stylopsis marioni Locard, 1897
  • Stylopsis polyskista de Folin, 1879
  • Stylopsis textus de Folin, 1879
The following species were brought into synonymy:[2]
  • Stylopsis eminuta de Folin, 1878 : synonym of Pyrgiscus eminutus (de Folin, 1878)
  • Stylopsis rufofasciata E.A. Smith, 1875: synonym of Derjuginella rufofasciata (E.A. Smith, 1875)
  • Stylopsis resticula (Dall, 1889): synonym of Bacteridium resticulum (Dall, 1889)

References

  1. ↑ Adams, Arthur (1860), "On some new genera and species of Mollusca from Japan", The Annals and Magazine of Natural History.
  2. 1 2 3 WoRMS (2011). Stylopsis A. Adams, 1860. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at this link on 2011-10-26
  3. ↑ G.W. Tryon (1889), Manual of Conchology vol. VIII; p. 319-320


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