Stylopsis

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| type_species = Eulimella (Stylopsis) typica A. Adams, 1860Adams, Arthur (1860), "On some new genera and species of Mollusca from Japan", The Annals and Magazine of Natural History.

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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.WoRMS (2011). Stylopsis A. Adams, 1860. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at [http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=565651 this link] on 2011-10-26

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.[https://archive.org/stream/manualconch08tryorich#page/n5/mode/2up Manual of Conchology vol. VIII], G.W. Tryon (1889); p. 319-320

Species

Species within the genus Stylopsis include:

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:

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

External links

[http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=565651 World Register of Marine Species]

Category:Pyramidellidae

Category:Monotypic gastropod genera