Aeneator Temporal range: Late Miocene to Recent, | |
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An apertural view of a shell of Aeneator marshalli separabilis | |
Scientific classification ![]() | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Mollusca |
Class: | Gastropoda |
Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
Order: | Neogastropoda |
Family: | Tudiclidae |
Genus: | Aeneator Finlay, 1927 [1] |
Type species | |
† Verconella marshalliMurdoch, 1924 | |
Species | |
See text. | |
Synonyms | |
Aeneator is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod molluscs belonging to the whelk family Tudiclidae. [2]
Aeneator is a genus of small to medium sized marine snails. [3] [4] Large shells and fossils of Aeneator can sometimes be confused with those of Penion . [4]
Most extant species of Aeneator are found around New Zealand, [3] Chile, [5] and Antarctica. [6] Numerous fossil species are also described from New Zealand. [4]
Aeneator is closely related to the genus Buccinulum . [7]
Cladogram of Austrosiphonidae and Tudiclidae [7] [2] [8] [9] |
Species in the genus Aeneator include: