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, the turrids and allies.MolluscaBase (2018). Strictispira McLean, 1971. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=390990 on 2019-01-27

Taxonomy

Previously this genus was included in the family

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, subfamily Strictispirinae. Taylor ''et al.'' (1993) elevated this subfamily to the rank of family

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. M.G. Faber (2007) stated that these species were conchological identical to '' Crassispira'', but differ by a different

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type and buccal mass. But then he opinioned that this did not reflect a deep, subfamily-level phylogeny.FABER, MJ. "Marine gastropods from the ABC Islands and other localities. 24. The subfamily Crassispirinae, including the Strictispirinae, with the description of Crassispira asthenes n. sp.(Gastropoda: Turridae) from Aruba."
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Species

Species within the genus ''Strictispira'' include: * † '' Strictispira acurugata'' (Dall, 1890) * '' Strictispira coltrorum'' Tippett, 2006 * '' Strictispira drangai'' (Schwengel, 1951) * '' Strictispira ericana'' (Hertlein & A. M. Strong, 1951) * '' Strictispira paxillus'' (Reeve, 1845) * '' Strictispira redferni'' Tippett, 2006 * '' Strictispira stillmani'' Shasky, 1971 ;Species brought into synonymy: * ''Strictispira solida'' (C. B. Adams, 1850) : synonym of '' Clathrodrillia solida'' (C. B. Adams, 1850)

References

External links

McLean, J.H. (1971) A revised classification of the family Turridae, with the proposal of new subfamilies, genera, and subgenera from the Eastern Pacific. The Veliger, 14, 114–130
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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

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