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Spiromoelleria Baxter & J. H. McLean, 1984

kingdom Animalia - animals »  phylum Mollusca - mollusks »  class Gastropoda - gastropods »  order Trochida »  family Colloniidae »  subfamily Moelleriinae

Description

Description: Shell umbilicate; whorl circular in cross section; suture deeply impressed. Sculpture of regular spiral cords on entire body whorl and evenly rounded base; axial sculpture lacking. Calcareous operculum multispiral on both sides, not retractable deeper than aperture.
Spiromoelleria differs from Moelleria in lacking wavy axial sculpture. That there are two species is a strong point in support of the need for generic separation from Moelleria.
Baxter, R. & Mclean, J.H, 1984. The genera Moelleria Jeffreys, 1865, and Spiromoelleria Gen. Nov., in the North Pacific, with description of a new species of Spiromoelleria (Gastropoda - Turbinidae).
Author: Jan Delsing

Included taxa

Number of records: 4

species Spiromoelleria kachemakensis Baxter & J. H. McLean, 1984

Spiromoelleria kachemakensis

species Spiromoelleria maculata (Golikov & Gulbin, 1978)

Spiromoelleria maculata

species Spiromoelleria quadrae (Dall, 1897)

Spiromoelleria quadrae

species Spiromoelleria umbilicata (A. N. Golikov & Gulbin, 1978)

Spiromoelleria umbilicata


Links and literature

EN The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera [1021061]

Rees, T. (compiler): The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera [https://www.irmng.org] [as Spiromoelleria Baxter & McLean, 1984]
Data retrieved on: 8 December 2019

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