Struthiolaria
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"Ostrich foot" redirects here. For the foot of an ostrich, see here.
Struthiolaria, commonly known as the ostrich foot shells, is a genus
Genus
In biology, a genus is a low-level taxonomic rank used in the biological classification of living and fossil organisms, which is an example of definition by genus and differentia...
of sea snail
Snail
Snail is a common name applied to most of the members of the molluscan class Gastropoda that have coiled shells in the adult stage. When the word is used in its most general sense, it includes sea snails, land snails and freshwater snails. The word snail without any qualifier is however more often...
s, marine
Marine (ocean)
Marine is an umbrella term. As an adjective it is usually applicable to things relating to the sea or ocean, such as marine biology, marine ecology and marine geology...
gastropod molluscs in the family Struthiolariidae.
Species
Species within the genus Struthiolaria include:- Struthiolaria papulosaStruthiolaria papulosaStruthiolaria 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.-References:...
(MartynThomas MartynThomas Martyn was an English botanist and Professor of Botany at Cambridge University. He is sometimes confused with the conchologist and entomologist of the same name....
, 1784)- Struthiolaria papulosa gigas Sowerby, G.B. II, 1842
- Struthiolaria ameghinoi Ihering, 1897
- Struthiolaria frazeri HuttonFrederick Wollaston HuttonCaptain Frederick Wollaston Hutton, FRS, was an English scientist who applied the theory of natural selection to explain the origins and nature of the natural history of New Zealand.- Biography :...
, 1917 - Struthiolaria nodulosa LamarckJean-Baptiste LamarckJean-Baptiste Pierre Antoine de Monet, Chevalier de la Marck , often known simply as Lamarck, was a French naturalist...
- Struthiolaria scutulata
Species brought into synonymy :
- † Struthiolaria acuminata Marwick, 1924 : synonym of Pelicaria vermis (Martyn, 1784)
- † Struthiolaria convexa Marwick, 1924 : synonym of Pelicaria vermis (Martyn, 1784)
- Struthiolaria crenulata Lamarck, 1822 : synonym of Pelicaria vermis (Martyn, 1784)
- † Struthiolaria fossa Marwick, 1924 : synonym of Pelicaria vermis (Martyn, 1784)
- Struthiolaria inermis G.B. Sowerby I, 1821 : synonym of Pelicaria vermis (Martyn, 1784)
- † Struthiolaria media Marwick, 1924 : synonym of Pelicaria vermis (Martyn, 1784)
- Struthiolaria tricarinata Lesson, 1841 : synonym of Pelicaria vermis (Martyn, 1784)
- Struthiolaria vermis (Martyn, 1784) : synonym of Pelicaria vermisPelicaria vermisPelicaria vermis, known as the small ostrich foot shell is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Struthiolariidae...
(Martyn, 1784) - Struthiolaria vermis bradleyi Neef, 1970
- Struthiolaria vermis flemingiStruthiolaria vermis flemingiPelicaria vermis, known as the small ostrich foot shell is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Struthiolariidae...
Neef, 1970 - Struthiolaria vermis grahami Neef, 1970
- Struthiolaria vermis powelli Neef, 1970
- Struthiolaria vermis vermis (MartynThomas MartynThomas Martyn was an English botanist and Professor of Botany at Cambridge University. He is sometimes confused with the conchologist and entomologist of the same name....
, 1784)