Spectamen is a genus of small sea snails, marine gastropod molluscs in the family Solariellidae within the superfamily Trochoidea.WoRMS (2010). Spectamen. In: Bouchet, P.; Gofas, S.; Rosenberg, G. (2010) World Marine Mollusca database. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=413465 on 6 April 2011
Distribution This marine genus occurs off Australia, South Africa, Indonesia and the Philippines.
Species Species within the genus Spectamen include:Powell A. W. B., New Zealand Mollusca, William Collins Publishers Ltd, Auckland, New Zealand 1979 OBIS Spectamen adarticulatum (Barnard, 1963) Spectamen aratum (Hedley, 1903) Spectamen babylonia Vilvens, 2009WoRMS (2010). Spectamen babylonia Vilvens, 2009. In: Bouchet, P.; Gofas, S.; Rosenberg, G. (2010) World Marine Mollusca database. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=458575 on 2010-04-22 Spectamen basilicum (B. A. Marshall, 1999) Spectamen bellulum (Angas, 1869) Spectamen benthicola (Powell, 1937) † Spectamen carinatum (Laws, 1935) Spectamen cinctum (Cotton & Godfrey, 1938) Spectamen cinereum (Preston, 1909) Spectamen epitheca (Iredale, 1929) Spectamen euteium (Vilvens, 2009) Spectamen exiguum (B. A. Marshall, 1999) Spectamen flavidum (B. A. Marshall, 1999) Spectamen flavum (Herbert, 1987) † Spectamen fossa (Laws, 1932) Spectamen franciscanum (Barnard, 1963) Spectamen gertruda (Iredale, 1936) Spectamen gerula Herbert, 1987 Spectamen geruloides Herbert, 1987 Spectamen laevior (Schepman, 1908) † Spectamen lenis (Marwick, 1928) Spectamen luteolum (Powell, 1937) Spectamen marsus Cotton & Godfrey, 1938 Spectamen martensi (Herbert, 2015) Spectamen multistriatum (Thiele, 1925) Spectamen mutabile (Schepman, 1908) † Spectamen ordo (Laws, 1941) Spectamen pardalis Herbert, 1987 Spectamen philippense (Watson, 1881)WoRMS (2009). Spectamen philippense (Watson, 1881). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=413466 on 2010-04-22 Spectamen plicatulum (Murdoch & Suter, 1906) Spectamen pulcherrimum (Angas, 1869) Spectamen roseapicale Herbert, 1987 Spectamen rubiolae Herbert, 1987 Spectamen ruthae Herbert, 1987 Spectamen semireticulatum (Suter, 1908) Spectamen sulculiferum Herbert, 1987 Spectamen tryphenense (Powell, 1930) † Spectamen venustum (P. A. Maxwell, 1969) Spectamen verum (Powell, 1937)
Species brought into synonymy Spectamen corallinum (Cotton & Godfrey, 1935): synonym of Argalista corallina (Cotton & Godfrey, 1935) † Spectamen marshalli P. A. Maxwell, 1992: synonym of † Solariella marshalli (P. A. Maxwell, 1992) Spectamen meridianum (Dell, 1953): synonym of Elaphriella meridiana (Dell, 1953) Spectamen rikae Vilvens, 2003WoRMS (2010). Spectamen rikae Vilvens, 2003. In: Bouchet, P.; Gofas, S.; Rosenberg, G. (2010) World Marine Mollusca database. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.eu/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=458556 on 2010-04-22 has become a Cyclophoridae incertae sedis (terrestrial taxon named as marine) Spectamen semisculptum (Martens, 1904): synonym of Zetela semisculpta (E. von Martens, 1904) Spectamen turbynei (Barnard, 1963): synonym of Zetela turbynei (Barnard, 1963)
References
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