Stylopsis

Stylopsis is a genus of sea snails. In other words, they are a genus of marine gastropod, gastropods being a class of mollusk. This creature is within a particular family of sea snail called Pyramidellidae.[2]

Stylopsis
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Family: Pyramidellidae
Subfamily: Syrnolinae
Tribe: Syrnolini
Genus: Stylopsis
A. Adams, 1860
Type species
Eulimella (Stylopsis) typica A. Adams, 1860[1]

Description

The shell is subulate, opaque, smooth, and not polished. The whorls of the teleoconch are flattened. The suture is well-impressed. The aperture is subquadrangular. The columella is straight and simple. The lip is subangular in front.[3]

Species

Species within the genus Stylopsis include:[2]

  • Stylopsis pulchellus de Folin, 1870
  • Stylopsis sulcata A. Adams, 1861
  • Stylopsis typica A. Adams, 1860
Taxa inquerenda
  • Stylopsis marioni Locard, 1897
  • Stylopsis polyskista de Folin, 1879
  • Stylopsis textus de Folin, 1879
The following species were brought into synonymy:[2]
  • Stylopsis eminuta de Folin, 1878 : synonym of Pyrgiscus eminutus (de Folin, 1878)
  • Stylopsis rufofasciata E.A. Smith, 1875: synonym of Derjuginella rufofasciata (E.A. Smith, 1875)
  • Stylopsis resticula (Dall, 1889): synonym of Bacteridium resticulum (Dall, 1889)

References
  1. Adams, Arthur (1860), "On some new genera and species of Mollusca from Japan", The Annals and Magazine of Natural History.
  2. WoRMS (2011). Stylopsis A. Adams, 1860. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at this link on 2011-10-26
  3. Manual of Conchology vol. VIII, G.W. Tryon (1889); p. 319-320


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