Biology:Gyroscala lamellosa

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Short description: Species of gastropod


Gyroscala lamellosa
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Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Mollusca
Class:
Gastropoda
(unranked):
clade Caenogastropoda
clade Hypsogastropoda
informal group Ptenoglossa
Superfamily:
Epitonioidea
Family:
Epitoniidae
Genus:
Gyroscala
Species:
G. lamellosa
Binomial name
Gyroscala lamellosa
(Lamarck, 1822)
Synonyms

See text

Gyroscala lamellosa, common name : the lamellose wentletrap, is a species of medium-sized predatory sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Epitoniidae, the wentletraps.[1]

Synonyms

In the course of time, this species has been given many names by different authors.[1]

  • Cirsotrema perplexa (Pease, 1863)
  • Epitonium albocostatum (Turton, 1932)
  • Epitonium angustum (Mörch, 1875)
  • Epitonium basicum Dall, 1917
  • Epitonium consors (Crosse & P. Fischer, 1864)
  • Epitonium filare (Mörch, 1875)
  • Epitonium perplexum (Pease, 1863)
  • Epitonium pyramis Tinker, 1952
  • Epitonium rietensis (Turton, 1932)
  • Gyroscala angusta (Mörch, 1875)
  • Gyroscala commutata (Monterosato, 1877)
  • Gyroscala hachijoensis Taki, 1957
  • Gyroscala perplexa (Pease, 1863)
  • Gyroscala purplexa Taki, 1957
  • Gyroscala pyramis (Tinker, 1952)
  • Nitidiscala basica (Dall, 1917)
  • Opalia consors (Crosse & P. Fischer, 1864)
  • Pomiscala perplicata (Iredale, 1929)
  • Pomiscala reevesbyi Cotton, 1938
  • Scala filaris Mörch, 1875
  • Scala perplicata Iredale, 1929
  • Scala torquata Fenaux, 1943
  • Scalaria albocostata Turton, 1932
  • Scalaria candida Monterosato, 1877
  • Scalaria clathrus G. B. Sowerby, 1842
  • Scalaria commutata Monterosato, 1877
  • Scalaria consors Crosse & P. Fischer, 1864
  • Scalaria fimbriosa W. Wood, 1842
  • Scalaria lamellosa Lamarck, 1822 (basionym)
  • Scalaria monocycla Lamarck, 1822
  • Scalaria perplexa Pease, 1863
  • Scalaria pseudoscalaris Brocchi, 1814
  • Scalaria rietensis Turton, 1932
  • Scalaria rufanensis Turton, 1932


Distribution

This species has a worldwide distribution in shallow water, from New Zealand and Australia to the Hawaiian Islands; in European waters, the Mediterranean Sea, the Atlantic Ocean (Angola, Cape Verde, West Africa), the Indian Ocean (Macaronesian Islands, Mascarene Basin, Mozambique), Brazil and the Caribbean Sea.

Description

The shell size varies between 9 mm and 40 mm

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 Gofas, S. (2010). Gyroscala lamellosa (Lamarck, 1822). In: Bouchet, P.; Gofas, S.; Rosenberg, G. (2010) World Marine Mollusca database. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=139744 on 2010-11-23
  • Powell A. W. B., New Zealand Mollusca, William Collins Publishers Ltd, Auckland, New Zealand 1979 ISBN:0-00-216906-1
  • 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
  • Drivas, J. & M. Jay (1988). Coquillages de La Réunion et de l'île Maurice
  • Rolán E., 2005. Malacological Fauna From The Cape Verde Archipelago. Part 1, Polyplacophora and Gastropoda
  • Muller, Y. (2004). Faune et flore du littoral du Nord, du Pas-de-Calais et de la Belgique: inventaire. [Coastal fauna and flora of the Nord, Pas-de-Calais and Belgium: inventory]. Commission Régionale de Biologie Région Nord Pas-de-Calais: France. 307 pp

External links

Wikidata ☰ Q3172600 entry



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