Amphiplica

Amphiplica
Shell of Amphiplica gordensis
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Subclass:	Vetigastropoda
Order:	Lepetellida
Family:	Pseudococculinidae
Genus:	Amphiplica Haszprunar, 1988 [1]
Type species
Amphiplica venezuelensisJ. H. McLean, 1988

Amphiplica is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Pseudococculinidae. ^[2]

Distribution

This is a globally an abyssal genus. ^[3]

Species

Species within the genus Amphiplica include:

• Amphiplica concentrica (Thiele, 1909) ^[4]
• Amphiplica gordensis McLean, 1991
• Amphiplica knudseni McLean, 1988
• Amphiplica plutonica Leal & Harasewych, 1999 ^[5]
• Amphiplica venezuelensis McLean, 1988

References

1. Haszprunar (1988). Zool. Ser.17(2): 177.
2. Amphiplica Haszprunar, 1988 . Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species  on 9 February 2013.
3. José H. Leal and M. G. Harasewych, Deepest Atlantic Molluscs: Hadal Limpets (Mollusca, Gastropoda, Cocculiniformia) from the Northern Boundary of the Caribbean Plate, Invertebrate Biology, Vol. 118, No. 2 pp. 116-136
4. Amphiplica concentrica (Thiele, 1909) . Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species  on 11 April 2010.
5. Amphiplica plutonica Leal & Harasewych, 1999 . Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species  on 11 April 2010.

• Haszprunar, G. (1988). "Anatomy and affinities of pseudococculinid limpets (Mollusca, Archeogastropoda)". Zoologica Scripta. 17 (2): 177.
• 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

External links

• McLean, J.H. (1991). "Four new pseudococculinid limpets collected by the deep-submersible Alvin in the eastern Pacific". The Veliger. 34 (1): 44. Retrieved 18 May 2025.