''Tropaeas'' is a

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Pyramidellidae Pyramidellidae, common name the pyram family, or pyramid shells, is a voluminous taxonomic family of mostly small and minute ectoparasitic sea snails, marine heterobranch gastropod molluscs. The great majority of species of pyrams are micromol ...

, the pyrams and their allies.Bouchet, P. (2010). ''Tropaeas'' Dall & Bartsch, 1904. Accessed through:

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at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=545285 on 2011-10-26

General description

The surface of the shell is marked by strong axial ribs. The intercostal spaces are spirally pitted. The early

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d differently from the later ones. The shell is umbilicated and contains two columellar folds.

Species

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Tropaeas badia ''Tropaeas'' is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Pyramidellidae, the pyrams and their allies.Bouchet, P. (2010). ''Tropaeas'' Dall & Bartsch, 1904. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.ma ...

'' (A. Adams, 1863) * '' Tropaeas brunneomaculata'' (Melvill, 1897) * '' Tropaeas castanea'' (A. Adams, 1863) * '' Tropaeas crassicostata'' (Sowerby III, 1901) * '' Tropaeas enelata'' (Melvill, 1910) * '' Tropaeas gracilis'' (A. Adams, 1854) * '' Tropaeas gradatula'' (Melvill, J.C. & R. Standen, 1897) * '' Tropaeas halaibensis'' Sturany, 1903 * '' Tropaeas imperforata'' Laseron, 1959 * '' Tropaeas livida'' (Sowerby III, 1901) * '' Tropaeas luteomaculosa'' (Nomura, 1938) * '' Tropaeas natalensis'' E. A. Smith, 1906 * ''

Tropaeas strigulata ''Tropaeas'' is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Pyramidellidae, the pyrams and their allies.Bouchet, P. (2010). ''Tropaeas'' Dall & Bartsch, 1904. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.ma ...

'' (A.Adams, 1862) * '' Tropaeas subulata'' (A. Adams, 1853) ;Species brought into synonymy: * ''Tropaeas castaneus'' ic: synonym of ''Tropaeas castanea'' (A. Adams, 1863) * ''Tropaeas fortiplicata'' Nomura, 1936: synonym of '' Siogamaia fortiplicata'' (Nomura, 1936) * ''Tropaeas strigatula'' ic: synonym of ''Tropaeas strigulata'' (A. Adams, 1863) * ''Tropaeas strigillata'' ic: synonym of ''Tropaeas strigulata'' (A. Adams, 1863) * ''Tropaeas teres'' (A. Adams, 1861): synonym of '' Longchaeus turritus'' (A. Adams, 1854) The Indo-Pacific Molluscan Database also includes the following species:OBIS: Topaeas Dall& Bartsch, 1904
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Tropaeas contracta ''Tropaeas'' is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Pyramidellidae, the pyrams and their allies.Bouchet, P. (2010). ''Tropaeas'' Dall & Bartsch, 1904. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.ma ...

'' (Saurin, 1959) * ''

Tropaeas dubia ''Tropaeas'' is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Pyramidellidae, the pyrams and their allies.Bouchet, P. (2010). ''Tropaeas'' Dall & Bartsch, 1904. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.ma ...

'' (Schepman, 1909) * '' Tropaeas hadwigis'' Thiele, 1925 * '' Tropaeas isolda'' Thiele, 1925 * '' Tropaeas lanassae'' Hornung & Mermod, 1924 * '' Tropaeas latonae'' Hornung & Mermod, 1924 * '' Tropaeas luteomaculosa'' (Nomura, 1938) * '' Tropaeas secunda'' (Saurin, 1959) * '' Tropaeas stylifera'' Thiele, 1925 * '' Tropaeas subcarnea'' (Schepman, 1909) * '' Tropaeas subglabra'' (Odhner, 1919)

References

External links

To World Register of Marine Species
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