''Shutonia'' is a
genus of
sea snail
Sea snail is a common name for slow-moving marine gastropod molluscs, usually with visible external shells, such as whelk or abalone. They share the taxonomic class Gastropoda with slugs, which are distinguished from snails primarily by the ...
s, marine
gastropod
The gastropods (), commonly known as snails and slugs, belong to a large taxonomic class of invertebrates within the phylum Mollusca called Gastropoda ().
This class comprises snails and slugs from saltwater, from freshwater, and from land. T ...
mollusks in the
family Pseudomelatomidae
Pseudomelatomidae is a family of predatory sea snails, marine gastropods included in the superfamily Conoidea (previously Conacea) and part of the Neogastropoda ( Bouchet & Rocroi, 2005).
In 1995 Kantor elevated the subfamily Pseudomelatominae ...
, the turrids and allies.
Species
Species within the genus ''Shutonia'' include:
* ''
Shutonia variabilis
''Shutonia variabilis'' is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Pseudomelatomidae, the turrids and allies.
Description
The length of the shell attains 18.5 mm, its diameter 6 mm.
(Original description) ...
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(Schepman, 1913)
References
van der Bijl, A.N. (1993). ''Shutonia, a new generic name for Schepmania Shuto, 1970, non Haas, 1913 (Gastropoda Prosobranchia, Turridae)''. Basteria. 57: 146
External links
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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
Pseudomelatomidae
Monotypic gastropod genera
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