Aporrhaidae

Aporrhaidae
A shell of Aporrhais pespelecani, from Catalonia, Spain
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
(unranked): clade Caenogastropoda

clade Hypsogastropoda
clade Littorinimorpha

Superfamily: Stromboidea
Family: Aporrhaidae
Gray, 1850[1]
Species

See text

Synonyms
  • † Anchurinae Kollmann, 2009 · accepted, alternate representation
  • Aporrhaididae (misspelling)
  • Aporrhaiidae (Spelling variation)
  • Aporrhainae Gray, 1850 · accepted, alternate representation
  • † Arrhoginae Popenoe, 1983
  • Chenopidae Deshayes, 1865
  • † Dicrolomatidae Korotkov, 1992
  • † Dimorphosominae Kollmann, 2009 · accepted, alternate representation
  • † Harpagodinae Pchelintsev, 1963 · accepted, alternate representation
  • † Perissopterinae Korotkov, 1992
  • † Pterocerellinae Bandel, 2007 · accepted, alternate representation
  • † Pugnellidae Kiel & Bandel, 1999 (original rank)
  • † Pugnellinae Kiel & Bandel, 1999 · accepted, alternate representation
  • Spinilomatinae Gründel, Nützel & Schulbert, 2009 · accepted, alternate representation
  • † Struthiopterinae Zinsmeister & Griffin, 1995 · accepted, alternate representation
  • † Tundorinae Bandel, 2007 †

Aporrhaidae, common name pelican's foot snails, is a taxonomic family of sea snails. The taxonomy of the Gastropoda by Bouchet & Rocroi, 2005[2] categorizes Aporrhaidae as marine gastropod mollusks in the clade Littorinimorpha.

Aporrhaidae are commercially important, especially in traditional fisheries.[3]

Description

Aporrhaidae have a large lip with finger-like extensions, and a small operculum. They do not have movable eyes. Instead, their eyes are fixed at the base of each tentacle.[4]

The mollusk has one narrow foot, which renders its motion interrupted as the foot must raise the shell a tiny bit in each single movement, simultaneously pushing it forward. The motion must be repeated again and again for the mollusk to travel.[5]

Habitat

Aporrhaidae live on muddy and sandy bottoms, sometimes in very large populations.

Subfamilies

Subfamilies in the family Aporrhaidae include:

Aporrhais from the Pliocene of Cyprus.

Genera

There are only two Recent genera:[6][7]

Fossil genera within the family Aporrhaidae include:

References

  1. ↑ Gray J. E. 1850. Figures of molluscous animals selected from various authors. Etched for the use of students by M. E. Gray. Volume 4. Longman, Brown, Green & Longmans, London. iv+219 pp. Apporhaidae at page 66.
  2. ↑ Bouchet P. & Rocroi J.-P. (Ed.); Frýda J., Hausdorf B., Ponder W., Valdes A. & Warén A. 2005. Classification and nomenclator of gastropod families. Malacologia: International Journal of Malacology, 47(1-2). ConchBooks: Hackenheim, Germany. ISBN 3-925919-72-4. ISSN 0076-2997. 397 pp. http://www.vliz.be/Vmdcdata/imis2/ref.php?refid=78278
  3. ↑ http://www.sportesport.it/shellsGA18.htm
  4. ↑ http://shells.tricity.wsu.edu/ArcherdShellCollection/Gastropoda/Aporrhaidae.html
  5. ↑ http://www.treknature.com/gallery/photo154498.htm
  6. ↑ Gofas, S. (2012). Aporrhaidae. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=22988 on 2012-09-27
  7. ↑ Kronenberg, G.C. 1991: The Recent species of the family Aporrhaidae. Vita marina, 41(2): 73-84.
  8. ↑ Gründel, J., Nützel A. & Schulbert C. (24 July) 2009. Toarctocera (Gastropoda, Aporrhaidae): a new genus from the Jurassic (Toarcian/Aalenian) of South Germany and the early evolutionary history of the family Aporrhaidae. Paläontologische Zeitschrift (online), PDF

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