Aporrhais
| Aporrhais Temporal range: Jurassic–Recent | |
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| Five views of a shell of Aporrhais perpelicani | |
| 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 | |
| Synonyms | |
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Chenopus Philippi, 1836 | |
Aporrhais is a genus of medium-sized sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Aporrhaidae and the superfamily Stromboidea. [1]
A fossil shell of an Aporrhais species from the Pliocene
The genus is known from the Cretaceous to the recent periods.[2]
Species
This genus contains the following species:
- Aporrhais pesgallinae Barnard, 1963
- Aporrhais pespelicani (Linnaeus, 1758), common pelican's foot
- Aporrhais senegalensis Gray, 1838
- Aporrhais serresianus (Michaud, 1828)
- Species brought into synonymy
- Aporrhais occidentalis Beck, 1836 : synonym of Arrhoges occidentalis (Beck, 1836)
- Aporrhais aldrovandi Capellini, 1860: synonym of Aporrhais pespelecani (Linnaeus, 1758)
- Aporrhais macandreae Jeffreys, 1867: synonym of Aporrhais serresianus (Michaud, 1828)
- Aporrhais michaudi Locard, 1890: synonym of Aporrhais pespelecani (Linnaeus, 1758)
- Aporrhais pelecanipes Locard, 1892: synonym of Aporrhais pespelecani (Linnaeus, 1758)
- Aporrhais pes-gallinae Barnard: synonym of Aporrhais pesgallinae Barnard, 1963
- Aporrhais pespelicani (Linnaeus, 1758): synonym of Aporrhais pespelecani (Linnaeus, 1758)
- Aporrhais quadrifidus da Costa, 1778: synonym of Aporrhais pespelecani (Linnaeus, 1758)
- Aporrhais sarsii Kobelt, 1908: synonym of Aporrhais serresianus (Michaud, 1828)
- Aporrhais serreseanus [sic]: synonym of Aporrhais serresianus (Michaud, 1828)
References
- ↑ WoRMS : Aporrhais; accessed : 28 October 2010
- ↑ (in Czech) Pek I., Vašíček Z., Roček Z., Hajn. V. & Mikuláš R.: Základy zoopaleontologie. - Olomouc, 1996. 264 pp., ISBN 80-7067-599-3.
- Gofas, S.; Le Renard, J.; Bouchet, P. (2001). Mollusca, in: Costello, M.J. et al. (Ed.) (2001). European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Collection Patrimoines Naturels, 50: pp. 180-213
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