Strictispiridae is a

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of small

predatory Predation is a biological interaction where one organism, the predator, kills and eats another organism, its prey. It is one of a family of common feeding behaviours that includes parasitism and micropredation (which usually do not kill t ...

sea snails,

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gastropod

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s in the superfamily

Conoidea Conoidea is a superfamily of predatory sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks within the suborder Hypsogastropoda. This superfamily is a very large group of marine mollusks, estimated at about 340 recent valid genera and subgenera, and consider ...

, the cone snails and their allies.MolluscaBase (2018). Strictispiridae McLean, 1971. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=390989 on 2018-07-22 This family has no subfamilies. Since 2018, this family has been included 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 ...

Genera

Genera in the family Strictispiridae used to include: *''

Cleospira ''Cleospira'' is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Pseudomelatomidae, the turrids and allies.MolluscaBase (2018). Cleospira McLean, 1971. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: http://www.marinespeci ...

'' McLean, 1971 ** ''

Cleospira bicolor ''Cleospira ochsneri'' is a species of small predatory sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Pseudomelatomidae.Bouchet, P. (2011). Cleospira ochsneri (Hertlein & Strong, 1949). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at ...

'' (Sowerby I, 1834) ** ''

Cleospira ochsneri ''Cleospira ochsneri'' is a species of small predatory sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Pseudomelatomidae.Bouchet, P. (2011). Cleospira ochsneri (Hertlein & Strong, 1949). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species a ...

'' (Hertlein & Strong, 1949) * ''

Strictispira ''Strictispira'' is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Pseudomelatomidae, the turrids and allies.MolluscaBase (2018). Strictispira McLean, 1971. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: http://www.marines ...

'' McLean, 1971McLean (1971). ''Veliger'' 14: 125. ** † ''

Strictispira acurugata ''Strictispira acurugata'' is an extinct species of small sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Pseudomelatomidae, the turrids and allies.MolluscaBase (2018). Strictispira acurugata (Dall, 1890) †. Accessed through: World Registe ...

'' (Dall, 1890) ** ''

Strictispira coltrorum ''Strictispira coltrorum'' is a species of small sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Pseudomelatomidae, the turrids and allies. Description The length of the shell attains 10.9 mm, its diameter 4 mm. Distribution Thi ...

'' Tippett, 2006 ** ''

Strictispira drangai ''Strictispira drangai'' is a species of small sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Pseudomelatomidae. Description The length of the shell varies between 14 mm and 20 mm. Distribution This marine species occurs off West Florid ...

'' (Schwengel, 1951) ** ''

Strictispira ericana ''Strictispira ericana'' is a species of small sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Pseudomelatomidae, the turrids and allies. Description The length of the shell attains 12 mm. Distribution This species occurs in the Sea of Co ...

'' (Hertlein & Strong, 1951) ** ''

Strictispira paxillus ''Strictispira paxillus'' is a species of small sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Pseudomelatomidae. Description The length of the shell varies between 8 mm and 18 mm. The chocolate-brown shell is short and stout. The spire ...

'' (Reeve, 1845) ** ''

Strictispira redferni ''Strictispira redferni'' is a species of small sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Pseudomelatomidae. Description The length of the shell attains 14.1 mm, its diameter 4.6 mm. Distribution ''S. redferni'' can be fou ...

'' Tippett, 2006 ** ''

Strictispira stillmani ''Strictispira stillmani'' is a species of small sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Pseudomelatomidae, the turrids and allies. Description The length of the shell attains 14 mm. Distribution This marine species occurs off Pac ...

'' Shasky, 1971 ; Species brought into synonymy: * ''Strictispira solida'' (C. B. Adams, 1850) : synonym of ''

Clathrodrillia solida ''Clathrodrillia solida'', common name the solid drillia, is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Drilliidae The Drilliidae are a Taxonomy (biology), taxonomic family (biology), family of small predatory sea sna ...

'' (C. B. Adams, 1850)

References

* Tippett, D. L. "The genus Strictispira in the western Atlantic (Gastropoda: Conoidea)." Malacologia 48.1-2 (2006): 43-64.

External links

Abdelkrim J., Aznar-Cormano L., Fedosov A., Kantor Y., Lozouet P., Phuong M., Zaharias P. & Puillandre N. (2018). Exon-capture based phylogeny and diversification of the venomous gastropods (Neogastropoda, Conoidea). Molecular Biology and Evolution. 35(10): 2355-2374
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