Tudicla

Tudicla is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Tudiclidae, the true whelks.

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.

Species

• † Tudicla angulata <small>(Tate, 1888)</small>
• †Tudicla doylei <small>Stilwell & Zinsmeister, 1992</small>
• † Tudicla rusticula <small>(Basterot, 1825)</small>
• Tudicla spirillus <small>(Linnaeus, 1767)</small>
• † Tudicla turbinata <small>(Tate, 1888)</small>
• † Tudicla zottmaieri <small>Traub, 1979</small>

Synonyms:

• † Subgenus Tudicla (Pyropsis) <small>Conrad, 1860</small>: synonym of † Pyropsis <small>Conrad, 1860</small> (original rank)

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

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 (superseded combination)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: synonym of Tudivasum spinosum (H. Adams & A. Adams, 1864) (superseded combination)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

References

• 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.

External links

• Röding, P. F. (1798). Museum Boltenianum sive Catalogus cimeliorum e tribus regnis naturæ quæ olim collegerat Joa. Fried Bolten, M. D. p. d. per XL. annos proto physicus Hamburgensis. Pars secunda continens Conchylia sive Testacea univalvia, bivalvia & multivalvia. Trapp, Hamburg, viii + 199 pp
• Swainson, W. (1835). The elements of modern conchology. Baldwin & Cradock, London, 62 pp
• Schlüter, F. (1838). Kurzgefasstes systematisches Verzeichniss meiner Conchyliensammlung nebst Andeutung aller bis jetzt von mir bei Halle gefundenen Land- und Flussconchylien. Gebauersche Buchdruckerei, Halle. vii + 40 pp
• Gray, J. E. (1857). Guide to the systematic distribution of Mollusca in the British Museum. Part I. (Gastropoda). British Museum, London, xii + 230 pp.