Stramonita is a genus of predatory sea snails, marine gastropod molluscs in the subfamily Rapaninae of the family Muricidae, the rock snails.[1]

Stramonita
Stramonita haemastoma
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Superfamily: Muricoidea
Family: Muricidae
Subfamily: Rapaninae
Genus: Stramonita
Schumacher, 1817
Type species
Buccinum haemastoma Linnaeus, 1767
Synonyms[1]
  • Purpura (Stramonita) Schumacher, 1817
  • Thais (Stramonita) Schumacher, 1817

Description

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The spire is elevated. The whorls are simple or nodulous. The aperture is moderate and produced anteriorly. The columella is rounded and simple in front.[2]

Species

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The genus Stramonita contains the following species:

Species brought into synonymy

References

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  • 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
  • Claremont M., Williams S.T., Barraclough T.G. & Reid D.G. (2011) The geographic scale of speciation in a marine snail with high dispersal potential. Journal of Biogeography 38: 1016–1032.
  • Claremont M., Vermeij G.J., Williams S.T. & Reid D.G. (2013) Global phylogeny and new classification of the Rapaninae (Gastropoda: Muricidae), dominant molluscan predators on tropical rocky seashores. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 66: 91–102.
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