Spirotropis confusa is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Drilliidae.Gofas, S. (2011). Spirotropis confusa (Seguenza, 1880). In: MolluscaBase (2016). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=573431 on 2016-11-16
Subspecies Spirotropis confusa confusa (Seguenza, 1880) Spirotropis confusa sarsi Warén, 1975
Description
The length of the shell attains 16 mm.
(Original description in Italian) This form, which I separate from † Gymnobela galerita (R. A. Philippi, 1844), is distinguished quite easily by being much more slender, and by having the keel of the whorls less prominent and not thinned out.Seguenza, G. (1880). Le formazioni terziarie nella provincia di Reggio (Calabria). Memorie della Classe di Scienze Fisiche Matematiche e Naturali della Regia Accademia del Lincei. 3(6):1–445 Distribution This species occurs in the demersal zone of the Mediterranean Sea.
References
Warén A. (1975). Spirotropis sarsi, new name for Spirotropis carinata Sars, 1878 (Gastropoda: Prosobranchia). Sarsia 59: 49-52 External links Sars, M. (1859). Bidrag til en skildring af den arktiske molluskfauna ved Norges nordlige kyst. Forhandlinger i Videnskabs-Selskabet i Christiania. (1858): 34-8 Bivona-Bernardi And. (1838). Generi et specie di molluschi descritti dal Barone Antonio Bivona e Bernardi. Lavori postumi pubblicati dal figlio Andrea dottore in medicina con note ed aggiunte. Giornale di Scienze Lettere e Arti per la Sicilia. 61: 211-227 [stated date March 1838]; 63: 319-324 Janssen, R. 1993. Taxonomy, evolution and spreading of the turrid genus Spirotropis (Gastropoda: Turridae). Scripta Geologica Special Issue 2:237–261, 2 figs., 5 pls Gofas, S.; Luque, Á. A.; Templado, J.; Salas, C. (2017). A national checklist of marine Mollusca in Spanish waters. Scientia Marina. 81(2) : 241-254, and supplementary online material.
Sars, M. (1859). Bidrag til en skildring av den arctiske molluskfauna ved Norges nordlige kyst. Forhandlinger i Videnskabsselskabet i Kristiania. (1858): 34–87