Strictispira

Strictispira is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Pseudomelatomidae, the turrids and allies.^[1]

Strictispira
Shell of Strictispira redferni (specimen at MNHN, Paris)
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Subclass:	Caenogastropoda
Order:	Neogastropoda
Superfamily:	Conoidea
Family:	Pseudomelatomidae
Genus:	Strictispira McLean, 1971
Type species
Crassispira ericana Hertlein & A. M. Strong, 1951
Species
See text

Taxonomy

Previously this genus was included in the family Turridae, subfamily Strictispirinae. Taylor et al. (1993) elevated this subfamily to the rank of family Strictispiridae.^[2] M.G. Faber (2007) stated that these species were conchological identical to Crassispira, but differ by a different radula type and buccal mass. But then he opinioned that this did not reflect a deep, subfamily-level phylogeny.^[3]

Species

Species within the genus Strictispira include:

• † Strictispira acurugata (Dall, 1890)
• Strictispira coltrorum Tippett, 2006
• Strictispira drangai (Schwengel, 1951)
• Strictispira ericana (Hertlein & A. M. Strong, 1951)
• Strictispira paxillus (Reeve, 1845)
• Strictispira redferni Tippett, 2006
• Strictispira stillmani Shasky, 1971

Species brought into synonymy

• Strictispira solida (C. B. Adams, 1850) : synonym of Clathrodrillia solida (C. B. Adams, 1850)