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Sthenorytis
Taxonomy
Stenorhytis was named by Conrad (1862). It is extant.
It was reranked as Scala (Sthenorytis) by Conrad (1863); it was reranked as Epitonium (Sthenorytis) by Dall (1908), Durham (1937); it was reranked as Scala (Sthenorhytis) by Brown (1913) and Brown (1913); it was reranked as Epitonium (Sthenorhytis) by Cooke (1919); it was corrected as Sthenorytis by DuShane (1979), Moore (1984), Todd (2001); it was misspelled as Sthenorhytis by Sepkoski (2002).
It was assigned to Scala by Conrad (1863), Brown (1913) and Brown (1913); to Epitonium by Dall (1908), Cooke (1919), Durham (1937); to Epitoniidae by DuShane (1979), Moore (1984), Todd (2001); and to Neogastropoda by Sepkoski (2002).
It was reranked as Scala (Sthenorytis) by Conrad (1863); it was reranked as Epitonium (Sthenorytis) by Dall (1908), Durham (1937); it was reranked as Scala (Sthenorhytis) by Brown (1913) and Brown (1913); it was reranked as Epitonium (Sthenorhytis) by Cooke (1919); it was corrected as Sthenorytis by DuShane (1979), Moore (1984), Todd (2001); it was misspelled as Sthenorhytis by Sepkoski (2002).
It was assigned to Scala by Conrad (1863), Brown (1913) and Brown (1913); to Epitonium by Dall (1908), Cooke (1919), Durham (1937); to Epitoniidae by DuShane (1979), Moore (1984), Todd (2001); and to Neogastropoda by Sepkoski (2002).
Species
Species lacking formal opinion data
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
|---|---|
| 1863 | Scala (Sthenorytis) Conrad p. 565 |
| 1908 | Epitonium (Sthenorytis) Dall p. 436 figs. pl. 9, figs. 5, 6, 8 |
| 1913 | Scala (Sthenorhytis) Brown p. 612 |
| 1919 | Epitonium (Sthenorhytis) Cooke p. 112 |
| 1937 | Epitonium (Sthenorytis) Durham p. 499 |
| 1979 | Sthenorytis DuShane p. 120 |
| 1984 | Sthenorytis Moore p. 10 |
| 2001 | Sthenorytis Todd |
| 2002 | Sthenorhytis Sepkoski |
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If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.
G. Sthenorytis Conrad 1862
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†Epitonium (Sthenorytis) crescentense Durham 1937
†Epitonium (Sthenorytis) ventricosum Clark 1918
†Scala (Sthenorytis) expansa Conrad 1842
†Scala (Sthenorytis) pachypleura Conrad 1841
†Sthenorhytis antiguense Brown 1913
†Sthenorhytis grenadinarum Jung 1971
Sthenorytis dianae Hinds 1844
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Invalid names: Sthenorytis hertleini Olsson 1964 [synonym], Sthenorytis paradisi Hertlein and Strong 1951 [synonym]
†Sthenorytis proglobosa Sacco 1891
†Sthenorytis stearnsii Dall 1892
Diagnosis
| Reference | Diagnosis | |
|---|---|---|
| J. W. Durham 1937 | Shell heavy, body whorl very large, spire short; sutures deep; axial varices prominent, continuous from whorl to whorl, usually recurved posteriorly; spiral ribs usually heavy, basal keel present; aperture nearly round, entire, no distinct auricle; umbilicus usually covered. Living in Atlantic and Pacific in warm waters, to 805 fathoms in tropics, usually on sandy bottoms. |