Struthiolaria, commonly known as the ostrich foot snails, is a
genus
Genus (; : genera ) is a taxonomic rank above species and below family (taxonomy), family as used in the biological classification of extant taxon, living and fossil organisms as well as Virus classification#ICTV classification, viruses. In bino ...
of
sea snail
Sea snails are slow-moving marine (ocean), marine gastropod Mollusca, molluscs, usually with visible external shells, such as whelk or abalone. They share the Taxonomic classification, taxonomic class Gastropoda with slugs, which are distinguishe ...
s,
marine gastropod
Gastropods (), commonly known as slugs and snails, belong to a large Taxonomy (biology), taxonomic class of invertebrates within the phylum Mollusca called Gastropoda ().
This class comprises snails and slugs from saltwater, freshwater, and fro ...
mollusc
Mollusca is a phylum of protostome, protostomic invertebrate animals, whose members are known as molluscs or mollusks (). Around 76,000 extant taxon, extant species of molluscs are recognized, making it the second-largest animal phylum ...
s in the family Struthiolariidae.
[Bouchet, P.; Rosenberg, G. (2011). Struthiolaria Lamarck, 1816. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=527648 on 2011-03-11]
Species
Species within the genus ''Struthiolaria'' include:
* ''
Struthiolaria ameghinoi''
Ihering, 1897
* ''
Struthiolaria frazeri''
Hutton, 1917
* † ''
Struthiolaria incrassata''
Powell, 1931
* ''
Struthiolaria papulosa''
( Martyn, 1784)
** ''
Struthiolaria papulosa gigas''
Sowerby, G.B. II, 1842
* † ''
Struthiolaria (Callusaria) arthritica''
Bartrum & Powell, 1928
* † ''
Struthiolaria (Callusaria) callosa''
Marwick, 1924
* † ''
Struthiolaria (Callusaria) obesa''
Hutton, 1885
* † ''
Struthiolaria (Callusaria) otaioica''
Laws, 1935
* † ''
Struthiolaria (Callusaria) spinifera''
Marwick, 1924
* † ''
Struthiolaria (Callusaria) spinosa''
Hector, 1886
* † ''
Struthiolaria (Callusaria) tuberculata''
Hutton, 1873
* † ''
Struthiolaria (Struthiolaria) calcar''
Hutton, 1886
* † ''
Struthiolaria (Struthiolaria) cincta''
Hutton, 1873
* † ''
Struthiolaria (Struthiolaria) cingulata''
Zittel, 1864
* † ''
Struthiolaria (Struthiolaria) dolorosa''
L. C. King, 1934
* † ''
Struthiolaria (Struthiolaria) errata''
Marwick, 1924
* † ''
Struthiolaria (Struthiolaria) firthi''
Marwick, 1948
* † ''
Struthiolaria (Struthiolaria) frazeri''
Hutton, 1885
* † ''
Struthiolaria (Struthiolaria) illepida''
Bartrum & Powell, 1928
* † ''
Struthiolaria (Struthiolaria) lawsi''
Powell & Bartrum, 1929
* † ''
Struthiolaria (Struthiolaria) nexa''
Marwick, 1931
* † ''
Struthiolaria (Struthiolaria) praenuntia''
Marwick, 1926
* † ''
Struthiolaria (Struthiolaria) prior''
Finlay, 1926
;Species brought into synonymy :
* † ''Struthiolaria acuminata''
Marwick, 1924: synonym of ''Pelicaria vermis''
(Martyn, 1784)
* † ''Struthiolaria convexa''
Marwick, 1924: synonym of ''Pelicaria vermis''
(Martyn, 1784)
* ''Struthiolaria crenulata''
Lamarck, 1822: synonym of ''Pelicaria vermis''
(Martyn, 1784)
* † ''Struthiolaria fossa''
Marwick, 1924: synonym of ''Pelicaria vermis''
(Martyn, 1784)
* ''Struthiolaria gigas''
Sowerby II, 1842: synonym of ''Struthiolaria papulosa''
(Martyn, 1784)
* ''Struthiolaria inermis''
G.B. Sowerby I, 1821: synonym of ''Pelicaria vermis''
(Martyn, 1784)
* † ''Struthiolaria media''
Marwick, 1924: synonym of ''Pelicaria vermis''
(Martyn, 1784)
* ''Struthiolaria mirabilis''
E. A. Smith, 1875: synonym of ''
Perissodonta mirabilis''
(E. A. Smith, 1875)
* ''Struthiolaria nodulosa''
Lamarck
Jean-Baptiste Pierre Antoine de Monet, chevalier de Lamarck (1 August 1744 – 18 December 1829), often known simply as Lamarck (; ), was a French naturalist, biologist, academic, and soldier. He was an early proponent of the idea that biolo ...
: synonym of ''Struthiolaria papulosa''
(Martyn, 1784)
* ''Struthiolaria scutulata''
(Gmelin, 1791): synonym of ''
Tylospira scutulata''
(Gmelin, 1791)
* ''Struthiolaria tricarinata''
Lesson, 1841: synonym of ''Pelicaria vermis''
(Martyn, 1784)
* ''Struthiolaria vermis''
(Martyn, 1784): synonym of ''
Pelicaria vermis''
(Martyn, 1784)
** ''Struthiolaria vermis bradleyi''
Neef, 1970: as above
** ''Struthiolaria vermis flemingi''
Neef, 1970: as above
** ''Struthiolaria vermis grahami''
Neef, 1970: as above
** ''Struthiolaria vermis powelli''
Neef, 1970: as above
References
NZ MolluscaOhio State University*http://www.stromboidea.de/?n=Species.Struthiolariidae
Bruce A. Marshall, ''Molluscan and brachiopod taxa introduced by F. W. Hutton in The New Zealand journal of science''; Journal of the Royal Society of New Zealand, Volume 25, Issue 4, 1995
Gastropods of New Zealand
Taxa named by Jean-Baptiste Lamarck
Gastropod genera
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