Haedropleura secalina

Haedropleura secalina is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Horaiclavidae.

Haedropleura secalina
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Superfamily: Conoidea
Family: Horaiclavidae
Genus: Haedropleura
Species:
H. secalina
Binomial name
Haedropleura secalina
(Philippi, 1844)
Synonyms[1]
  • Bellaspira secalina Nordsieck, 1977
  • Haedropleura septangularis var. secalina (Philippi, 1844)
  • Mangelia secalina (Philippi, 1844)
  • Pleurotoma secalinum Philippi, 1844
  • Pleurotoma septangularis var. secalina (Philippi, 1844)

It was previously included within the family Turridae, the turrids.[1]

It has been found as a fossil in the Redonien Formation in France.[2]

Distribution

This species occurs in the entire Mediterranean Sea, especially off Southern Italy; and off Turkey; in the Atlantic Ocean off the Canary Islands and Funchal.

References

  1. Haedropleura secalinum (Philippi, 1844). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 4 April 2010.
  2. Glibert M.,Gastropodes du Miocène moyen du Bassin de la Loire, II (Mém. I.R.Sc.N.B., 2* sér., fasc. 46, 1952.)
  • 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


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