Aporrhais is a genus of medium-sized sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Aporrhaidae and the superfamily Stromboidea.[1]
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| Five views of a shell of Aporrhais pespelicani | |
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| Fossil shell of Aporrhais uttingeriana from Pliocene of Italy | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
| Order: | Littorinimorpha |
| Superfamily: | Stromboidea |
| Family: | Aporrhaidae |
| Genus: | Aporrhais da Costa, 1778 |
| Type species | |
| Aporrhais quadrifidus da Costa, 1778
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Chenopus Philippi, 1836 | |
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.[2][3]
Species
editThis genus contains the following extant species:
- Aporrhais elegantissima Parenzan, 1970
- Aporrhais pesgallinae Barnard, 1963
- Aporrhais pespelecani (Linnaeus, 1758), common pelican's foot
- Aporrhais senegalensis Gray, 1838
- Aporrhais serresiana (Michaud, 1828)
Extinct species within this genus include:[2]
- †Aporrhais dingdenensis Marquet 2002
- † Aporrhais peralata (Sacco, 1893)
- † Aporrhais pliorara (Sacco, 1893)
- †Aporrhais pugens Wollemann 1908
- †Aporrhais speciosa Schlotheim 1820
- †Aporrhais uttingeriana (Risso, 1826) [4]
- Species brought into synonymy
- Aporrhais aldrovandi Capellini, 1860: synonym of Aporrhais pespelecani (Linnaeus, 1758)
- † Aporrhais angulata Gabb, 1864: synonym of † Anchura angulata (Gabb, 1864)
- Aporrhais francheti Rochebrune, 1883: synonym of Aporrhais senegalensis Gray, 1838
- Aporrhais macandreae Jeffreys, 1867: synonym of Aporrhais serresianus (Michaud, 1828)
- Aporrhais michaudi Locard, 1890: synonym of Aporrhais pespelecani (Linnaeus, 1758)
- Aporrhais occidentalis Beck, 1836 : synonym of Arrhoges occidentalis (Beck, 1836)
- 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 vetus Packard, 1922: synonym of † Alarimella veta (Packard, 1922)
References
edit- ^ WoRMS : Aporrhais; accessed : 28 October 2010
- ^ a b Fossilworks
- ^ (in Czech) Pek I., Vašíček Z., Roček Z., Hajn. V. & Mikuláš R.: Základy zoopaleontologie. - Olomouc, 1996. 264 pp., ISBN 80-7067-599-3.
- ^ Stromboidea
- Cosel R. von (1977). Die Arten der Gattung Aporrhais Da Costa im Ostatlantik und Beobachtungen zum Umdrehreflex der Pelikanfuss-Schnecke Aporrhais pespelicani. Drosera 77: 37-46
- 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
- Manganelli, G.; Spadini, V.; Fiorentino, V. (2008). The lost Aporrhais species from the Italian Pliocene: A. peralata Sacco, 1893 (Gastropoda Caenogastropoda). Journal of Conchology. 39(5): 493-515
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