Tudicla

{{Short description|Genus of gastropods}}

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| taxon = Tudicla

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| image_caption = Tudicla Spirillus

| authority = Röding, 1798

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  • Murex (Pyrenella) Gray, 1857 (objective synonym; possibly a...)
  • Pyrella Swainson, 1835 (objective synonym)
  • Pyrula (Pyrella) Swainson, 1835 junior objective synonym
  • Spirillus Schlüter, 1838 (objective synonym)
  • Tudicula de Ryckholt, 1862 (unjustified emendation)

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Tudicla is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Tudiclidae, the true whelks.MolluscaBase eds. (2023). MolluscaBase. Tudicla Röding, 1798. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=474863 on 2023-07-05

Description

The shell is fusiform. The spire is very short, the apex papillary. The aperture is oval. The siphonal canal is very long and straight. The columella is smooth, flattened and with a single fold at the fore part.

The papillary apex of the spire, the single plait on the columella, and the long straight beak, are the chief characteristics of this genus.[https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/3782650 Adams, H. & Adams, A. (1853-1858). The genera of Recent Mollusca; arranged according to their organization. London, van Voorst. Vol. 1: xl + 484 pp.; vol. 2: 661 pp.; vol. 3: 138 pls]

Species

;Synonyms:

  • † Subgenus Tudicla (Pyropsis) Conrad, 1860: synonym of † Pyropsis Conrad, 1860 (original rank)

Subgenus Tudicla (Tudicula) H. Adams & A. Adams, 1864: synonym of Tudicula H. Adams & A. Adams, 1864: synonym of Tudivasum Rosenberg & Petit, 1987 (original rank)

  • Tudicla (Tudicula) kurtzi Macpherson, 1964: synonym of Tudivasum kurtzi (Macpherson, 1964)
  • Tudicla (Tudicula) spinosa H. Adams & A. Adams, 1864: synonym of Tudivasum spinosum (H. Adams & A. Adams, 1864) (superseded combination)
  • Tudicla armigera A. Adams, 1856: synonym of Tudivasum armigerum (A. Adams, 1856) (original combination)
  • Tudicla blosvillei (Deshayes, 1832): synonym of Lataxiena blosvillei (Deshayes, 1832)
  • Tudicla carinata Röding, 1798: synonym of Tudicla spirillus (Linnaeus, 1767)
  • Tudicla gutturnia Röding, 1798: synonym of Ranularia gutturnia (Röding, 1798) (original combination)
  • Tudicla neozelanica Suter, 1917: synonym of † Fascioplex neozelanica (Suter, 1917)
  • Tudicla recurva A. Adams, 1855: synonym of Afer porphyrostoma (Reeve, 1847) (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
  • Tudicla spinosa H. Adams & A. Adams, 1864: synonym of Tudivasum spinosum (H. Adams & A. Adams, 1864) (superseded combination)
  • Tudicla fusoides A. Adams, 1855 (uncertain, use in recent literature not established by editor)

References

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  • Ryckholt, P. de (1860–1862) Mélanges paléontologiques. Mémoires Couronnés et Mémoires des Savants Etrangers, Publiés par l'Académie Royale des Sciences, des Lettres et des Beaux-Arts de Belgique, part 3, pls. 21–36.
  • Harasewych M.G. (2018). The anatomy of Tudicla spirillus (Linnaeus, 1767) and the relationships of the Tudiclidae (Gastropoda: Neogastropoda). The Nautius. 132(2): 35–44.