Spectamen

{{Short description|Genus of gastropods}}

{{Automatic taxobox

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| image = Spectamen laevior 001.jpg

| image_caption = Drawing with two views of a shell of Spectamen laevior

| taxon = Spectamen

| authority = Iredale, 1924Iredale T. (1924). Proc. Linn. Soc. N.S. Wales 49: 182, 227.

| subdivision_ranks = Species

| subdivision = See text

| synonyms_ref =

| synonyms = Zeminolia Finlay, 1926

| type_species = Trochus philippensis

| type_species_authority = R. B. Watson, 1881

}}

Spectamen is a genus of small sea snails, marine gastropod molluscs in the family Solariellidae within the superfamily Trochoidea.WoRMS (2010). Spectamen. In: Bouchet, P.; Gofas, S.; Rosenberg, G. (2010) World Marine Mollusca database. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=413465 on 6 April 2011

Distribution

This marine genus occurs off Australia, South Africa, Indonesia and the Philippines.

Species

Species within the genus Spectamen include:Powell A. W. B., New Zealand Mollusca, William Collins Publishers Ltd, Auckland, New Zealand 1979 {{ISBN|0-00-216906-1}}[http://data.acnatsci.org/obis/search.php/6216 OBIS]

; Species brought into synonymy:

  • Spectamen corallinum (Cotton & Godfrey, 1935): synonym of Argalista corallina (Cotton & Godfrey, 1935)
  • Spectamen marshalli P. A. Maxwell, 1992: synonym of † Solariella marshalli (P. A. Maxwell, 1992)
  • Spectamen meridianum (Dell, 1953): synonym of Elaphriella meridiana (Dell, 1953)
  • Spectamen rikae Vilvens, 2003WoRMS (2010). Spectamen rikae Vilvens, 2003. In: Bouchet, P.; Gofas, S.; Rosenberg, G. (2010) World Marine Mollusca database. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.eu/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=458556 on 2010-04-22 has become a Cyclophoridae incertae sedis (terrestrial taxon named as marine)
  • Spectamen semisculptum (Martens, 1904): synonym of Zetela semisculpta (E. von Martens, 1904)
  • Spectamen turbynei (Barnard, 1963): synonym of Zetela turbynei (Barnard, 1963)

References

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  • Ludbrook, N. H. (1956). The molluscan fauna of the Pliocene strata underlying the Adelaide Plains. Part 3. Scaphopoda, Polyplacophora, Gastropoda (Haliotidae to Tornidae). Transactions of the Royal Society of South Australia. 79 : 1-36
  • Cotton, B.C. (1959). South Australian Mollusca. Archaeogastropoda. Adelaide : Govt. Printer. pp. 1–449.
  • Iredale, T. & McMichael, D.F., 1962 .A reference list of the marine Mollusca of New South Wales. Mem. Aust. Mus., 11:0-0.
  • Powell, A.W.B., 1974. New Zealand molluscan systematics with descriptions of new species. Part 8. Rec. Auckland Inst. Mus., 11:197-207
  • Williams S.T., Karube S. & Ozawa T. (2008) Molecular systematics of Vetigastropoda: Trochidae, Turbinidae and Trochoidea redefined. Zoologica Scripta 37: 483–506

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Category:Solariellidae

Category:Gastropod genera