Stramonita is a genus of predatory sea snails, marine gastropod molluscs in the subfamily Rapaninae of the family Muricidae, the rock snails.[1]
| Stramonita | |
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| Stramonita haemastoma | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
| Order: | Neogastropoda |
| Superfamily: | Muricoidea |
| Family: | Muricidae |
| Subfamily: | Rapaninae |
| Genus: | Stramonita Schumacher, 1817 |
| Type species | |
| Buccinum haemastoma Linnaeus, 1767 | |
| Synonyms[1] | |
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Description
editThe spire is elevated. The whorls are simple or nodulous. The aperture is moderate and produced anteriorly. The columella is rounded and simple in front.[2]
Species
editThe genus Stramonita contains the following species:
- Stramonita alderi Petuch & Berschauer, 2020
- Stramonita biserialis (Blainville, 1832)
- Stramonita brasiliensis Claremont & D.G. Reid, 2011
- Stramonita buchecki Petuch, 2013
- Stramonita canaliculata (Gray, 1839)
- Stramonita dayunensis (Z.-Y. Chen & Z.-J. You, 2009)
- Stramonita delessertiana (Orbigny, 1841)
- Stramonita floridana (Conrad, 1837)
- Stramonita haemastoma (Linnaeus, 1767)
- Stramonita rustica (Lamarck, 1822)
- Species brought into synonymy
- Stramonita armigera (Link, 1807) accepted as Mancinella armigera Link, 1807
- Stramonita bicarinata (Blainville, 1832) accepted as Stramonita rustica (Lamarck, 1822)
- Stramonita bicarinata (Blainville, 1832): synonym of Stramonita rustica (Lamarck, 1822)
- Stramonita blainvillei (Deshayes, 1844): synonym of Stramonita delessertiana (Orbigny, 1841)
- Stramonita chocolata (Duclos, 1832): synonym of Thaisella chocolata (Duclos, 1832)
- Stramonita hederacea Schumacher, 1817: synonym of Nassa serta (Bruguière, 1789)
- Stramonita muricina (Blainville, 1832) accepted as Semiricinula muricina (Blainville, 1832)
References
edit- ^ a b MolluscaBase eds. (2022). MolluscaBase. Stramonita Schumacher, 1817. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=138206 on 2022-06-25
- ^ Adams, H. & Adams, A. (1853-1858). The genera of Recent Mollusca; arranged according to their organization. London, van Voorst. Vol. 1: xl + 484 pp.; vol. 2: 661 pp.; vol. 3: 138 pls
- 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
- Claremont M., Williams S.T., Barraclough T.G. & Reid D.G. (2011) The geographic scale of speciation in a marine snail with high dispersal potential. Journal of Biogeography 38: 1016–1032.
- Claremont M., Vermeij G.J., Williams S.T. & Reid D.G. (2013) Global phylogeny and new classification of the Rapaninae (Gastropoda: Muricidae), dominant molluscan predators on tropical rocky seashores. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 66: 91–102.
External links
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