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 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
This genus contains the following extant species:
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
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Aporrhais aldrovandi Capellini, 1860: synonym of Aporrhais pespelecani (Linnaeus, 1758)
- † Aporrhais angulata Gabb, 1864: synonym of † Anchura angulata (Gabb, 1864)
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Aporrhais francheti Rochebrune, 1883: synonym of Aporrhais senegalensis Gray, 1838
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Aporrhais macandreae Jeffreys, 1867: synonym of Aporrhais serresianus (Michaud, 1828)
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Aporrhais michaudi Locard, 1890: synonym of Aporrhais pespelecani (Linnaeus, 1758)
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Aporrhais occidentalis Beck, 1836 : synonym of Arrhoges occidentalis (Beck, 1836)
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Aporrhais pelecanipes Locard, 1892: synonym of Aporrhais pespelecani (Linnaeus, 1758)
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Aporrhais pes-gallinae Barnard: synonym of Aporrhais pesgallinae Barnard, 1963
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Aporrhais pespelicani (Linnaeus, 1758): synonym of Aporrhais pespelecani (Linnaeus, 1758)
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Aporrhais quadrifidus da Costa, 1778: synonym of Aporrhais pespelecani (Linnaeus, 1758)
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Aporrhais sarsii Kobelt, 1908: synonym of Aporrhais serresianus (Michaud, 1828)
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Aporrhais serreseanus [sic]: synonym of Aporrhais serresianus (Michaud, 1828)
- † Aporrhais vetus Packard, 1922: synonym of † Alarimella veta (Packard, 1922)
References
- 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
