| Spirotropis monterosatoi | |
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| Shell of Spirotropis monterosatoi (lectotype at MNHN, Paris) | |
Scientific classification 
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| 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 | |
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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.
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Distribution
This species occurs in the benthic zone between Iceland and Norway, down to northwest Africa; in the Mediterranean Sea.
References
- ^ Spirotropis monterosatoi (Locard, 1897). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 6 November 2011.
- 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.
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