Sediliopsis
| Sediliopsis | |
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| Shell of † Sediliopsis chowanensis | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
| Order: | Neogastropoda |
| Superfamily: | Conoidea |
| Family: | Pseudomelatomidae |
| Genus: | Sediliopsis Petuch, 1988 |
| Type species | |
| Pleurotoma gracilis Conrad, 1830
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Sediliopsis is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Pseudomelatomidae.[1]
This genus was long considered as extinct since the late Miocene, until Sedeliopsis riosi was discovered off Brazil, obviously a relict-pocket occurrence.[2]
Species[edit]
Species within the genus Sediliopsis include:
- † Sediliopsis angulata (Martin, 1904)
- † Sediliopsis aphanitoma (Dall, 1892)
- † Sediliopsis calvertensis (Martin, 1904)
- † Sediliopsis chowanensis (J. Garnder, 1948)
- † Sediliopsis distans (Conrad, 1862)
- † Sediliopsis gracilis (Conrad, 1830)
- † Sediliopsis incilifera (Conrad, 1834)
- † Sediliopsis ondulum (Fargo, 1953)
- † Sediliopsis patuxentia (Martin, 1904)
- Sediliopsis riosi Tippett, 1995[3]
References[edit]
- ^ a b Sediliopsis. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 13 April 2010.
- ^ Don I. Tippett, Taxonomic notes on the western Atlantic Turridae (Gastropoda: Conoidea); the Nautilus v. 109 (1995-1996)
- ^ Sediliopsis riosi Tippett, 1995. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 13 April 2010.
External links[edit]
- Tucker, J.K. (2004). "Catalog of recent and fossil turrids (Mollusca: Gastropoda)" (PDF). Zootaxa. 682: 1–1295. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.682.1.1.
- P. Bouchet; Yu. I. Kantor; A. Sysoev; N. Puillandre (2011). "A new operational classification of the Conoidea (Gastropoda)". Journal of Molluscan Studies. 77 (3): 273–308. doi:10.1093/mollus/eyr017.
- Worldwide Mollusc Species Data Base: Pseudomelatomidae
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