Spirotropis monterosatoi
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| Spirotropis monterosatoi | |
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| Shell of Spirotropis monterosatoi (lectotype at MNHN, Paris) | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
| Order: | Neogastropoda |
| Superfamily: | Conoidea |
| Family: | Drilliidae |
| Genus: | Spirotropis |
| Species: | S. monterosatoi |
| Binomial name | |
| Spirotropis monterosatoi Martens, 1904 | |
| Synonyms[1] | |
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Spirotropis monterosatoi is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Drilliidae.[1]
Bouchet & Warén (1980) placed S. sarsi Warén, 1975 and S. carinata of Mediterranean authors in the synonymy of this species, but this was shown to be incorrect by Janssen (1993).[1]
Description
The size of an adult shell varies between 14 mm and 26 mm.