Aporrhais | |
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Five views of a shell of Aporrhais pespelicani | |
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 | |
ChenopusPhilippi, 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]
This genus contains the following extant species:
Extinct species within this genus include: [2]
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