''Haedropleura secalina'' is a
species
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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
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
Mollusca is the second-largest phylum of invertebrate animals after the Arthropoda, the members of which are known as molluscs or mollusks (). Around 85,000 extant species of molluscs are recognized. The number of fossil species is e ...
in the
family
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Horaiclavidae
Horaiclavidae is a family of predatory sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the superfamily Conoidea.
In 2011 this family was split off from the family Pseudomelatomidae (formerly the subfamily Crassispirinae McLean, 1971) by Bouchet P., Ka ...
.
It was previously included within the family
Turridae
Turridae is a taxonomic family name for a number of predatory sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the superfamily Conoidea. MolluscaBase (2018). Turridae H. Adams & A. Adams, 1853 (1838). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Specie ...
, the turrids.
It has been found as a fossil in the
Redonien Formation in France.
[Glibert M.,''Gastropodes du Miocène moyen du Bassin de la Loire'', II (Mém. I.R.Sc.N.B., 2* sér., fasc. 46, 1952.)]
Description
Distribution
This species occurs in the entire Mediterranean Sea, especially off Southern
Italy
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; and off
Turkey
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; in the Atlantic Ocean off the
Canary Islands
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and
Funchal
Funchal () is the largest city, the municipal seat and the capital of Portugal's Madeira, Autonomous Region of Madeira, bordered by the Atlantic Ocean. The city has a population of 105,795, making it the sixth largest city in Portugal. Because of ...
.
References
* Philippi, R.A. (1844) Enumeratio molluscorum siciliae cum viventium tum in tellure terziaria fossilium quae in itinere suo observavit auctor. Volumen secundum continens addenda et emendanda, nec non-comparationem faunae recentis siciliae cum faunis aliarum terrarum et cum fauna periodi tertiariae. Halis Saxonum, E. Anton., 303 pp
* Micali P. 2010. ''Nota sul genere Haedropleura B.D.D., 1883 nel Mediterraneo''. Malacologia Mostra Mondiale 67: 3–5
External links
Tucker, J.K. 2004 ''Catalog of recent and fossil turrids (Mollusca: Gastropoda)''. Zootaxa 682:1–1295
secalina
Taxa named by Rodolfo Amando Philippi
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