Strigosella lepida

Strigosella lepida is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Trochidae, the top snails.[1][2]

Strigosella lepida
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Vetigastropoda
Order: Trochida
Superfamily: Trochoidea
Family: Trochidae
Genus: Strigosella
Species:
S. lepida
Binomial name
Strigosella lepida
(Philippi, 1846)
Synonyms[1]
  • Cantharidus lepidus (Philippi, 1846)
  • Jujubinus lepidus (Philippi, 1846)
  • Trochus lepidus Philippi, 1846 (original combination)

The genus Strigosella Sacco, 1896 has become a synonym of Gibbula Risso, 1826 [1]

Notes

Additional information regarding this species:[1]

  • Taxonomy: The generic allocation is not tenable for this Australian species, as Scrobiculinus has a Moroccan type species currently classified in Gibbula Risso, 1826.

References
  1. Bouchet, P. (2012). Strigosella lepida (Philippi, 1846). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=573213 on 2012-11-23
  2. Hickman C.S. (2005) Seagrass fauna of the temperate southern coast of Australia I: The cantharidine trochid gastropods. In: F.E. Wells, D.I. Walker & G.A. Kendrick (eds), The marine flora and fauna of Esperance, Western Australia: 199-220. Western Australian Museum, Perth.


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