Fossil shell of Aporrhais uttingeriana from Pliocene of Italy
Scientific classification
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
Synonyms
Chenopus Philippi, 1836
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]
^WoRMS : Aporrhais; accessed : 28 October 2010
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Aporrhais pespelecani, common name the "pelican's foot" (or more precisely "common pelican's foot" to distinguish it from congeners), is a species of...
coast of west Africa in the South Atlantic Ocean. Aporrhais pesgallinae Barnard. WoRMS (2009). Aporrhais pesgallinae Barnard. Accessed through the World...
php?p=taxdetails&id=531617 on 28 October 2010 . Marine biodiversity : Aporrhais occidentalis Beck, 1836. accessed 28 October 2010. Morton J. E. (1956)...
Cyprus The scaphopod Dentalium from the Pliocene of Cyprus The gastropod Aporrhais from the Pliocene of Cyprus The arcid bivalve Anadara from the Pliocene...
Spinigerinae Korotkov, 1992 (inv.) There are only two Recent genera: Aporrhais da Costa, 1778 Arrhoges Gabb, 1868 † Dicroloma Gabb, 1868 † Drepanocheilus...
Pseudotissotiidae ammonite Vascoceras V. harttii An Vascoceratidae ammonite Aporrhais A. dutrugei A. subgibbosus A Aporrhaidae gastropod Avellana A Ringiculidae...
been lost. Michaud named 23 genera and 225 species, among which are: Aporrhais serresianus (Michaud, 1828) Argna biplicata (Michaud, 1831) Pleurodiscus...
sea-snail Nerita senegalensis the sea-snail Simnia senegalensis the sea-snail Aporrhais senegalensis the sea-snail Plagyostila senegalensis the sea-snail Mitromorpha...
strongly curved. Though this radula has some resemblance with that of Aporrhais, Verrill stated that it should be taenioglossate, as the "Siboga"-specimen...
Apiotoma †Apiotoma palmerae – type locality for species Aporrhais †Aporrhais lirata †Aporrhais menthafontis – type locality for species Arachnopusia †Arachnopusia...
France A species of Aphanitoma. Aporrhais sauditica Sp. nov Valid Ferrari et al. Jurassic Saudi Arabia A species of Aporrhais. Archierato antonioi Sp. nov...
Archived 2008-12-21 at the Wayback Machine Stanton, pp.107-108, describing Aporrhais tarrantensis, placed by Sohl in Cuphosolenus. L. B. Kellum & K. E. Appelt...
(1978). "Locomotion and shell-righting behaviour in adult and juvenile Aporrhais occidentalis (Gastropoda: Strombacea)". Animal Behaviour. 26 (4): 1023–1028...
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