| Aporrhais Temporal range: Jurassic–Recent |
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| A shell of an Aporrhais species from the Pliocene of Cyprus. | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| (unranked): | clade Caenogastropoda clade Hypsogastropoda |
| Superfamily: | Stromboidea |
| Family: | Aporrhaidae |
| Genus: | Aporrhais Costa, 1778 |
| Type species | |
| Aporrhais quadrifidus Da Costa, 1778 |
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Aporrhais is a genus of medium-sized sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Aporrhaidae and the superfamily Stromboidea. [1]
The genus is known from the Cretaceous to the recent periods.[2]
This genus contains the following species: