''Spiralinella spiralis'' is a
species of
sea snail
Sea snail is a common name for slow-moving marine gastropod molluscs, usually with visible external shells, such as whelk or abalone. They share the taxonomic class Gastropoda with slugs, which are distinguished from snails primarily by the ...
, a
marine
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gastropod
The gastropods (), commonly known as snails and slugs, belong to a large taxonomic class of invertebrates within the phylum Mollusca called Gastropoda ().
This class comprises snails and slugs from saltwater, from freshwater, and from land. T ...
mollusk in the
family Pyramidellidae, the pyrams and their allies.
[Gofas, S. (2015). Spiralinella spiralis (Montagu, 1803). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=836020 on 2015-04-06][Peñas A. & Rolán E. (1998). La familia Pyramidellidae Gray, 1840 (Mollusca, Gastropoda) en África Occidental. 3. El género Chrysallida s.l. Iberus, suppl. 4 : 1-73.]
Nomenclature
Høisæter (2014) advocated using the well-known specific name spiralis (Montagu, 1803) for this species, although ''Turbo spiralis''
Montagu, 1803 is a primary homonym of ''Turbo spiralis''
Poiret, 1801. The latter name could meet the conditions for being declared
nomen oblitum
In zoological nomenclature, a ''nomen oblitum'' (plural: ''nomina oblita''; Latin for "forgotten name") is a disused scientific name which has been declared to be obsolete (figuratively 'forgotten') in favour of another 'protected' name.
In its p ...
but so far Høisæter (2014) did not provide the citations required by
ICZN
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Art. 23.9 to make the declaration effective.
Distribution
This marine species occurs in the following locations:
*
Belgian Exclusive Economic Zone
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British Isles
*
European waters (ERMS scope)
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Goote Bank
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Irish Exclusive economic Zone
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Portuguese Exclusive Economic Zone
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Spanish Exclusive Economic Zone
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United Kingdom Exclusive Economic Zone
* West Coast of
Norway
*
Wimereux
References
Høisæter, T. (2014). ''The Pyramidellidae (Gastropoda, Heterobranchia) of Norway and adjacent waters. A taxonomic review.'' Fauna norvegica. 34: 7-78
External links
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Pyramidellidae
Gastropods described in 1803
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