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Aporrhais

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Kingdom
  
Animalia

Superfamily
  
Stromboidea

Scientific name
  
Aporrhais

Rank
  
Genus

Class
  
Gastropoda

Family
  
Aporrhaidae

Phylum
  
Mollusca

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Similar
  
Aporrhais pespelecani, Aporrhaidae, Stromboidea, Calyptraea chinensis, Turritella communis

Aporrhais is a genus of medium-sized sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Aporrhaidae and the superfamily Stromboidea.

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Aporrhais Gastropoda Stromboidea Species Aporrhais Pesgallinae

The genus is known from the Triassic to the Recent periods (age range: 205.6 to 0.0 million years ago). Fossils of species within this genus have been found all over the world.

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Species

This genus contains the following extant species:

  • Aporrhais pesgallinae Barnard, 1963
  • Aporrhais pespelicani (Linnaeus, 1758), common pelican's foot
  • Aporrhais senegalensis Gray, 1838
  • Aporrhais serresianus (Michaud, 1828)

    • Extinct species

    Extinct species within this genus include:

  • †Aporrhais dingdenensis Marquet 2002
  • †Aporrhais pugens Wollemann 1908
  • †Aporrhais speciosa Schlotheim 1820
  • †Aporrhais uttingeriana (Risso, 1826)
    • Species brought into synonymy
    Aporrhais Aporrhais serresianus macandreae var

  • 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)

    • Aporrhais Aporrhais pespelecani

    Aporrhais Aporrhaiidae pictures

    References

    Aporrhais Wikipedia
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