Plagiostropha Explained

Plagiostropha is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Drilliidae.^[1]

Species

Species within the genus Plagiostropha include:

• Plagiostropha alboscala Chino & Stahlschmidt, 2020
• Plagiostropha bicolor Chino & Stahlschmidt, 2010
• Plagiostropha brevifusca Chino & Stahlschmidt, 2020
• Plagiostropha caledoniensis (Wells, 1995)
• Plagiostropha chrysotincta Chino & Stahlschmidt, 2020
• Plagiostropha costata (Wells, 1995)
• Plagiostropha decapitata Chino & Stahlschmidt, 2020
• Plagiostropha flexus (Shuto, 1983)
• Plagiostropha hexagona (Wells, 1995)
• Plagiostropha opalus (Reeve, 1845)
• Plagiostropha quintuplex Melvill, 1927
• Plagiostropha roseopinna Chino & Stahlschmidt, 2010
• Plagiostropha rubrifaba Chino & Stahlschmidt, 2010
• Plagiostropha sinecosta Wells, 1991
• Plagiostropha vertigomaeniana Chino & Stahlschmidt, 2010

Species brought into synonymy:

• Plagiostropha gibberula (Hervier, 1896): synonym of Drillia gibberulus (Hervier, 1896)
• Plagiostropha turrita Wells, 1995: synonym of Splendrillia turrita (Wells, 1995)

References

• Melvill, J.C. 1927. Descriptions of eight new species of the family Turridae and of a new species of Mitra. Proceedings of the Malacological Society of London 17: 149–155, pl. 12

External links

• Wells, F.E. 1995. A revision of the drilliid genera Splandrillia and Plagiostropha (Gastropoda: Conoidea) from New Caledonia, with additional records from other areas. In, . Résultats des Campagnes MUSORSTOM. Mémoires de Muséum National d'Histoire Naturelle 167: 1-654
• P. Bouchet . Yu. I. Kantor . A. Sysoev . N. Puillandre . 2011 . A new operational classification of the Conoidea (Gastropoda) . . 77 . 3 . 273–308 . 10.1093/mollus/eyr017. free .

Notes and References

1. P. Bouchet . Yu. I. Kantor . A. Sysoev . N. Puillandre . 2011 . A new operational classification of the Conoidea (Gastropoda) . . 77 . 3 . 273–308 . 10.1093/mollus/eyr017. free .