Sediliopsis

Sediliopsis is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Pseudomelatomidae.^[1]

Sediliopsis
Shell of † Sediliopsis chowanensis
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Subclass:	Caenogastropoda
Order:	Neogastropoda
Superfamily:	Conoidea
Family:	Pseudomelatomidae
Genus:	Sediliopsis Petuch, 1988
Type species
Pleurotoma gracilis Conrad, 1830
Species
See text

This genus was long considered as extinct since the late Miocene, until Sedeliopsis riosi was discovered off Brazil, obviously a relict-pocket occurrence.^[2]

Species

Species within the genus Sediliopsis include:

• † Sediliopsis angulata (Martin, 1904)
• † Sediliopsis aphanitoma (Dall, 1892)
• † Sediliopsis calvertensis (Martin, 1904)
• † Sediliopsis chowanensis (J. Garnder, 1948)
• † Sediliopsis distans (Conrad, 1862)
• † Sediliopsis gracilis (Conrad, 1830)
• † Sediliopsis incilifera (Conrad, 1834)
• † Sediliopsis ondulum (Fargo, 1953)
• † Sediliopsis patuxentia (Martin, 1904)
• Sediliopsis riosi Tippett, 1995^[3]