Struthiolaria papulosa

Struthiolaria papulosa
	A dorsal view of a shell of Struthiolaria papulosa
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
(unranked):	clade Caenogastropoda; clade Hypsogastropoda; clade Littorinimorpha
Superfamily:	Stromboidea
Family:	Struthiolariidae
Genus:	Struthiolaria
Species:	S. papulosa
Binomial name
	Struthiolaria papulosa; (Martyn, 1784)
Synonyms
	Buccinum papulosum Martyn, 1784 (basionym); Struthiolaria nodulosa Lamarck, 1816;

Struthiolaria papulosa, common name the "ostrich foot snail" or "ostrich foot shell", is a species of medium-sized sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Struthiolariidae.

Apertural view of the same shell

References

Rosenberg, G. 1992. Encyclopedia of Seashells. Dorset: New York. 224 pp. page(s): 66
Powell A. W. B., New Zealand Mollusca, William Collins Publishers Ltd, Auckland, New Zealand 1979 ISBN 0-00-216906-1
Struthiolaria papulosa on Gastropoda Stromboidea - Ulrich Wieneke and Han Stoutjesdijk

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