Ophiodermella

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Ophiodermella
Abapertural view of a shell of Ophiodermella inermis
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Superfamily: Conoidea
Family: Borsoniidae
Genus: Ophiodermella
Bartsch, 1944
Type species
Pleurotoma ophioderma
Dall, 1908

Ophiodermella is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Borsoniidae.[1]

Species[edit]

Species within the genus Ophiodermella include:

Species brought into synonymy
  • Ophiodermella bella Ozaki, 1958: synonym of Retimohnia bella (Ozaki, 1958) (original combination)
  • Ophiodermella incisa (Carpenter, 1864): synonym of Ophiodermella inermis (Reeve, 1843)
  • Ophiodermella montereyensis Bartsch, 1944: synonym of Ophiodermella inermis (Reeve, 1843)

References[edit]

  • Shimek, R. L. "Biology of the northeastern Pacific Turridae. 1. Ophiodermella." Malacologia 23.2 (1983): 281-312.
  • McLean J.H. (1996). The Prosobranchia. In: Taxonomic Atlas of the Benthic Fauna of the Santa Maria Basin and Western Santa Barbara Channel. The Mollusca Part 2 – The Gastropoda. Santa Barbara Museum of Natural History. volume 9: 1-160

External links[edit]

  • Bartsch, P, Some turrid mollusks of Monterey Bay and vicinity; Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington, v. 57 p. 57-68
  • Bouchet P., Kantor Yu.I., Sysoev A. & Puillandre N. (2011) A new operational classification of the Conoidea. Journal of Molluscan Studies 77: 273-308.
  • Tucker, J.K. (2004). "Catalog of recent and fossil turrids (Mollusca: Gastropoda)" (PDF). Zootaxa. 682: 1–1295.