Spirotropis (gastropod)
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Spirotropis is a genus
Genus
In biology, a genus is a low-level taxonomic rank used in the biological classification of living and fossil organisms, which is an example of definition by genus and differentia...

 of sea snail
Sea snail
Sea snail is a common name for those snails that normally live in saltwater, marine gastropod molluscs....

s, marine gastropod mollusks in the family
Family (biology)
In biological classification, family is* a taxonomic rank. Other well-known ranks are life, domain, kingdom, phylum, class, order, genus, and species, with family fitting between order and genus. As for the other well-known ranks, there is the option of an immediately lower rank, indicated by the...

 Drilliidae
Drilliidae
Drilliidae is a taxonomic family of small sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the superfamily Conoidea.This family has no subfamilies.-Description:...

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Species

Species within the genus Spirotropis include:
  • Spirotropis agamedea
    Spirotropis agamedea
    Spirotropis agamedea is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Drilliidae.Grant & Gale put this species in the genus Spirotropis -Distribution:...

    (Dall, W.H., 1919)
  • Spirotropis aganactica
    Spirotropis aganactica
    Spirotropis aganactica is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Drilliidae.Clarke put this species in the genus Spirotropis -Distribution:...

    (Watson, 1886)
  • Spirotropis azorica
    Spirotropis azorica
    Spirotropis azorica is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Drilliidae.-Distribution:This marine species occurs in the demersal zone off the Azores at a depth of 330 m.-References:...

    Bouchet & Warén, 1980
  • Spirotropis badensis R. Janssen, 1993
  • Spirotropis bainbridgensis Durham, 1944
  • Spirotropis calodius Moore, 1963
  • Spirotropis campi Durham, 1944
  • Spirotropis carinata
    Spirotropis carinata
    Spirotropis carinata is a fossil species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Drilliidae.-Taxonomy:The name Spirotropis carinata has been misapplied to a Recent species from the Atlantic coasts of Europe. The true carinata is a fossil species from the Mediterranean. The valid name...

     (Bivona, 1838)
  • Spirotropis centimata
    Spirotropis centimata
    Spirotropis centimata is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Drilliidae.-Description:The size of an adult shell varies between 10 mm and 34 mm.-Distribution:...

    (Dall, 1889)
  • Spirotropis claibornica Garvie, 1996
  • Spirotropis confusa (Seguenza, 1880)
  • Spirotropis ephamilla
    Spirotropis ephamilla
    Spirotropis ephamilla is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Drilliidae.-Distribution:This species occurs in the demersal zone of the Atlantic Ocean off New England....

    Verrill, 1884
  • Spirotropis eurytima
    Spirotropis eurytima
    Spirotropis eurytima is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Drilliidae....

    Morassi, 1998
  • Spirotropis genilda
    Spirotropis genilda
    Spirotropis genilda is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Drilliidae.-Distribution:This species occurs in the demersal zone of the Gulf of Panama at a depth of 2300 m.-References:...

    (Dall, 1908)
  • Spirotropis gramensis
    Spirotropis gramensis
    Spirotropis gramensis is a fossil species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Drilliidae. -Distribution:This fossil species was found in the Gram Formation, Gramian, South Jutland, Denmark. It dates from the Late Miocene....

     R. Janssen, 1993
  • Spirotropis laodice
    Spirotropis laodice
    Spirotropis laodice is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Drilliidae.In 1971 McLean put this species in the genus Spirotropis -References:...

    (Dall, 1919)
  • Spirotropis limula
    Spirotropis limula
    Spirotropis limula is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Drilliidae.-Distribution:This species occurs in the demersal zone of the Mid Indian Ridge, Southern Indian Ocean, at a depth of 500 m.-References:...

    Martens, 1904
  • Spirotropis lithocolleta
    Spirotropis lithocolleta
    Spirotropis lithocolleta is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Drilliidae.-Description:The size of an adult shell varies between 10 mm and 16.5 mm.-Distribution:...

    (Watson, 1881)
  • Spirotropis modiolus
    Spirotropis modiolus
    Spirotropis modiolus is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Drilliidae....

    (de Cristofori & Jan, 1832)
  • Spirotropis monterosatoi
    Spirotropis monterosatoi
    Spirotropis monterosatoi is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Drilliidae.-Description:The size of an adult shell varies between 14 mm and 26 mm.-Distribution:...

    (Locard, 1897)
  • Spirotropis patagonica
    Spirotropis patagonica
    Spirotropis patagonica is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Drilliidae.-Distribution:This species occurs in the demersal zone of the Atlantic Ocean from Southern Brazil to Patagonia-References:...

    (d'Orbigny, 1841)
  • Spirotropis phaeacra
    Spirotropis phaeacra
    Spirotropis phaeacra is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Drilliidae.-Description:The shell of this micromollusc grows to a length of 4.6 mm.-Distribution:...

    (Watson, 1881)
  • Spirotropis remota
    Spirotropis remota
    Spirotropis remota is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Drilliidae.-Distribution:This species occurs in the demersal zone of the Antarctic Ocean off Enderby Land, Antarctica.-References:...

    Powell, 1958
  • Spirotropis stirophora
    Spirotropis stirophora
    Spirotropis stirophora is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Drilliidae.-Description:The shell of this micromollusc grows to a length of 7.6 mm.-Distribution:...

    (Watson, 1881)
  • Spirotropis studeriana
    Spirotropis studeriana
    Spirotropis studeriana is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Drilliidae.-Description:The shell of this species grows to a length between 11 mm and 22 mm.-Distribution:...

    (Martens, 1878)
  • Spirotropis tmeta
    Spirotropis tmeta
    Spirotropis tmeta is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Drilliidae.-Distribution:This species occurs in the demersal zone of the tropical Western Atlantic Ocean...

    (Watson, 1881)

Species brought into synonymy:
  • Spirotropis azoricus Bouchet & Warén, 1980 accepted as Spirotropis azorica
    Spirotropis azorica
    Spirotropis azorica is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Drilliidae.-Distribution:This marine species occurs in the demersal zone off the Azores at a depth of 330 m.-References:...

    Bouchet & Warén, 1980
  • Spirotropis centimatus (Dall, 1889) accepted as Spirotropis centimata
    Spirotropis centimata
    Spirotropis centimata is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Drilliidae.-Description:The size of an adult shell varies between 10 mm and 34 mm.-Distribution:...

    (Dall, 1889)
  • Spirotropis clytotropis Sykes, 1906 accepted as Ancistrosyrinx clytotropis
    Ancistrosyrinx clytotropis
    Ancistrosyrinx clytotropis is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Cochlespiridae. -Distribution:This species occurs in European waters, found at Vigo Bay, off Cape Mondego at a depth of 1980 m.-References:...

    (Sykes, 1906)
  • Spirotropis megalacme Sykes, 1906 accepted as Drilliola megalacme
    Drilliola megalacme
    Drilliola megalacme is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Borsoniidae.-References:* Gofas, S.; Le Renard, J.; Bouchet, P. . Mollusca, in: Costello, M.J. et al. . European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of...

    (Sykes, 1906)
  • Spirotropis melvilli Sykes, 1906 accepted as Micropleurotoma melvilli
    Micropleurotoma melvilli
    Micropleurotoma melvilli is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Turridae, the turrids.-Distribution:This species occurs in the demersal zone of the Atlantic Ocean off Portugal at depths between 1340 m and 2000 m....

    (Sykes, 1906)

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