Spirotropis confusa

Spirotropis confusa
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Subclass:	Caenogastropoda
Order:	Neogastropoda
Superfamily:	Conoidea
Family:	Drilliidae
Genus:	Spirotropis
Species:	S. confusa
Binomial name
	Spirotropis confusa; (Seguenza, 1880)
Synonyms
	Drillia confusa Seguenza G., 1880; Mangelia eburnea Sars M., 1859 (nvalid: junior secondary homonym of Pleurotoma eburnea Bivona, 1839; Spirotropis sarsi is a replacement name); † Pleurotoma carinata Bivona, 1838 (nomen dubium; and also invalid: junior homonym of Pleurotoma carinata Deshayes, 1834, and P. carinata Gray, 1834); Spirotropis carinata (Bivona, 1838) sensu G.O. Sars, 1878 misapplication; Spirotropis sarsi Warén, 1975;

Spirotropis confusa is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Drilliidae.^[1]

Description edit

The length of the shell attains 16 mm.

This species occurs in the demersal zone of the Mediterranean Sea

^ ^a ^b Gofas, S. (2011). Spirotropis confusa (Seguenza, 1880). In: MolluscaBase (2016). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=573431 on 2016-11-16

Warén A. (1975). Spirotropis sarsi, new name for Spirotropis carinata Sars, 1878 (Gastropoda: Prosobranchia). Sarsia 59: 49-52

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