''Zonulispira'' is a
genus
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of
sea snail
Sea snails are slow-moving marine (ocean), marine gastropod Mollusca, molluscs, usually with visible external shells, such as whelk or abalone. They share the Taxonomic classification, taxonomic class Gastropoda with slugs, which are distinguishe ...
s, marine
gastropod
Gastropods (), commonly known as slugs and snails, belong to a large Taxonomy (biology), taxonomic class of invertebrates within the phylum Mollusca called Gastropoda ().
This class comprises snails and slugs from saltwater, freshwater, and fro ...
mollusk
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s in the
family
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Pseudomelatomidae
Pseudomelatomidae is a family (biology), family of predatory sea snails, marine gastropods included in the superfamily Conoidea (previously Conacea) and part of the Neogastropoda (Taxonomy of the Gastropoda (Bouchet & Rocroi, 2005), Bouchet & Ro ...
.
Species
Species within the genus ''Zonulispira'' include:
* ''
Zonulispira chrysochildosa
''Zonulispira chrysochildosa'' is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Pseudomelatomidae, one of the families commonly known as turrids.
Description
The length of the shell varies between 15 mm and 21 mm.
...
''
Shasky, 1971
* ''
Zonulispira crocata''
(Reeve, 1845)
* ''
Zonulispira grandimaculata''
(Adams C. B., 1852)
* ''
Zonulispira zonulata''
(Reeve, 1842)
;Species brought into synonymy:
* ''Zonulispira dirce''
Dall, 1919: synonym of ''
Zonulispira grandimaculata''
(Adams C. B., 1852)
* ''Zonulispira sanibelensis''
Bartsch & Rehder, 1939: synonym of ''
Zonulispira crocata''
(Reeve, 1845)
References
* P. Bartsch (1950), ''New West American Turrids''. Nautilus, 63 (3): 87-97, plate 6
External links
*
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
Gastropod genera
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