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Struthiolaria
Struthiolaria papulosa (ostrich foot) base.JPG
An apertural view of a shell of the ostrich foot,
Struthiolaria papulosa
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Mollusca
Class:
Gastropoda
(unranked):
clade Caenogastropoda
clade Hypsogastropoda
clade Littorinimorpha
Superfamily:
Stromboidea
Family:
Struthiolariidae
Genus:
Struthiolaria

Lamarck, 1816
Type species
Struthiolaria nodulosa Lamarck, 1816
Species

See text
Synonyms
  • † Struthiolaria (Callusaria) Finlay, 1926 · accepted, alternate representation
  • Struthiolaria (Struthiolaria) Lamarck, 1816 · accepted, alternate representation

Struthiolaria, commonly known as the ostrich foot snails, is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod molluscs in the family Struthiolariidae.

Species

Species within the genus Struthiolaria include:

  • Struthiolaria ameghinoi Ihering, 1897
  • Struthiolaria frazeri Hutton, 1917
  • † Struthiolaria incrassata Powell, 1931
  • Struthiolaria papulosa (Martyn, 1784)
    • Struthiolaria papulosa gigas Sowerby, G.B. II, 1842
  • † Struthiolaria (Callusaria) arthritica Bartrum & Powell, 1928
  • † Struthiolaria (Callusaria) callosa Marwick, 1924
  • † Struthiolaria (Callusaria) obesa Hutton, 1885
  • † Struthiolaria (Callusaria) otaioica Laws, 1935
  • † Struthiolaria (Callusaria) spinifera Marwick, 1924
  • † Struthiolaria (Callusaria) spinosa Hector, 1886
  • † Struthiolaria (Callusaria) tuberculata Hutton, 1873
  • † Struthiolaria (Struthiolaria) calcar Hutton, 1886
  • † Struthiolaria (Struthiolaria) cincta Hutton, 1873
  • † Struthiolaria (Struthiolaria) cingulata Zittel, 1864
  • † Struthiolaria (Struthiolaria) dolorosa L. C. King, 1934
  • † Struthiolaria (Struthiolaria) errata Marwick, 1924
  • † Struthiolaria (Struthiolaria) firthi Marwick, 1948
  • † Struthiolaria (Struthiolaria) frazeri Hutton, 1885
  • † Struthiolaria (Struthiolaria) illepida Bartrum & Powell, 1928
  • † Struthiolaria (Struthiolaria) lawsi Powell & Bartrum, 1929
  • † Struthiolaria (Struthiolaria) nexa Marwick, 1931
  • † Struthiolaria (Struthiolaria) praenuntia Marwick, 1926
  • † Struthiolaria (Struthiolaria) prior Finlay, 1926
Species brought into synonymy 
  • † Struthiolaria acuminata Marwick, 1924: synonym of Pelicaria vermis (Martyn, 1784)
  • † Struthiolaria convexa Marwick, 1924: synonym of Pelicaria vermis (Martyn, 1784)
  • Struthiolaria crenulata Lamarck, 1822: synonym of Pelicaria vermis (Martyn, 1784)
  • † Struthiolaria fossa Marwick, 1924: synonym of Pelicaria vermis (Martyn, 1784)
  • Struthiolaria gigas Sowerby II, 1842: synonym of Struthiolaria papulosa (Martyn, 1784)
  • Struthiolaria inermis G.B. Sowerby I, 1821: synonym of Pelicaria vermis (Martyn, 1784)
  • † Struthiolaria media Marwick, 1924: synonym of Pelicaria vermis (Martyn, 1784)
  • Struthiolaria mirabilis E. A. Smith, 1875: synonym of Perissodonta mirabilis (E. A. Smith, 1875)
  • Struthiolaria nodulosa Lamarck: synonym of Struthiolaria papulosa (Martyn, 1784)
  • Struthiolaria scutulata (Gmelin, 1791): synonym of Tylospira scutulata (Gmelin, 1791)
  • Struthiolaria tricarinata Lesson, 1841: synonym of Pelicaria vermis (Martyn, 1784)
  • Struthiolaria vermis (Martyn, 1784): synonym of Pelicaria vermis (Martyn, 1784)
    • Struthiolaria vermis bradleyi Neef, 1970: as above
    • Struthiolaria vermis flemingi Neef, 1970: as above
    • Struthiolaria vermis grahami Neef, 1970: as above
    • Struthiolaria vermis powelli Neef, 1970: as above
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