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Genus of gastropods
Tropaeas is a
genus of
sea snails ,
marine
gastropod
mollusks in the
family
Pyramidellidae , the pyrams and their allies.
[1]
The surface of the shell is marked by strong axial ribs. The intercostal spaces are spirally pitted. The early
teleoconch
whorls are
sculptured differently from the later ones. The shell is
umbilicated and contains two
columellar folds.
[2]
Tropaeas badia (A. Adams, 1863)
Tropaeas brunneomaculata (Melvill, 1897)
Tropaeas castanea (A. Adams, 1863)
Tropaeas crassicostata (Sowerby III, 1901)
Tropaeas enelata (Melvill, 1910)
Tropaeas gracilis (A. Adams, 1854)
Tropaeas gradatula (Melvill, J.C. & R. Standen, 1897)
Tropaeas halaibensis Sturany, 1903
Tropaeas imperforata Laseron, 1959
Tropaeas livida (Sowerby III, 1901)
Tropaeas luteomaculosa (Nomura, 1938)
Tropaeas natalensis E. A. Smith, 1906
Tropaeas strigulata (A.Adams, 1862)
Tropaeas subulata (A. Adams, 1853)
Species brought into synonymy
Tropaeas castaneus [sic] : synonym of Tropaeas castanea (A. Adams, 1863)
Tropaeas fortiplicata Nomura, 1936: synonym of
Siogamaia fortiplicata (Nomura, 1936)
Tropaeas strigatula [sic] : synonym of Tropaeas strigulata (A. Adams, 1863)
Tropaeas strigillata [sic] : synonym of Tropaeas strigulata (A. Adams, 1863)
Tropaeas teres (A. Adams, 1861): synonym of
Longchaeus turritus (A. Adams, 1854)
The Indo-Pacific Molluscan Database also includes the following species:
[3]
Tropaeas contracta (Saurin, 1959)
Tropaeas dubia (Schepman, 1909)
Tropaeas hadwigis Thiele, 1925
Tropaeas isolda Thiele, 1925
Tropaeas lanassae Hornung & Mermod, 1924
Tropaeas latonae Hornung & Mermod, 1924
Tropaeas luteomaculosa (Nomura, 1938)
Tropaeas secunda (Saurin, 1959)
Tropaeas stylifera Thiele, 1925
Tropaeas subcarnea (Schepman, 1909)
Tropaeas subglabra (Odhner, 1919)