Sediliopsis

Sediliopsis is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Pseudomelatomidae.[1]

Sediliopsis
Shell of † Sediliopsis chowanensis
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Clade: Caenogastropoda
Clade: Hypsogastropoda
Clade: Neogastropoda
Superfamily: Conoidea
Family: Pseudomelatomidae
Genus: Sediliopsis
Petuch, 1988
Type species
Pleurotoma gracilis Conrad, 1830
Species

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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

Species within the genus Sediliopsis include:

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References
  1. Sediliopsis . Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 13 April 2010.
  2. Don I. Tippett, Taxonomic notes on the western Atlantic Turridae (Gastropoda: Conoidea); the Nautilus v. 109 (1995-1996)
  3. Sediliopsis riosi Tippett, 1995. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 13 April 2010.
  • Tucker, J.K. (2004). "Catalog of recent and fossil turrids (Mollusca: Gastropoda)" (PDF). Zootaxa. 682: 1–1295.
  • 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
  • Worldwide Mollusc Species Data Base: Pseudomelatomidae


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