Aporrhais

Aporrhais Temporal range: 205.6–0  Ma PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N Latest Triassic (Rhaetian) - Present
Five views of a shell of Aporrhais pespelicani
Fossil shell of Aporrhais uttingeriana from Pliocene of Italy
Scientific classification
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
Aporhais [sic] misspelling - incorrect subsequent spelling ChenopusPhilippi, 1836 Chenopus (Aporrhais)da Costa, 1778 superseded rank

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 species: Aporrhais alata (Eichwald, 1830)

• † Aporrhais analoga (Deshayes, 1865)
• † Aporrhais arabica Abbass, 1977
• † Aporrhais biangulata (Meek & Hayden, 1856)
• † Aporrhais callosa (Telegdi-Roth, 1914) †
• † Aporrhais clarendonensis Wrigley, 1938
• † Aporrhais cornuta Korobkov, 1949
• † Aporrhais cornutus (Alekseev, 1963)
• † Aporrhais dactylifera (O. Boettger, 1902)
• † Aporrhais dingdenensis Marquet 2002^{[ citation needed ]}
• † Aporrhais dispar (Deshayes, 1865)
• † Aporrhais drachuki Saul, 1998
• Aporrhais elegantissima Parenzan, 1970
• † Aporrhais etrusca Brunetti & Forli, 2013
• † Aporrhais gracilis Koenen, 1885
• † Aporrhais haeringensis (Gümbel, 1861)
• † Aporrhais heberti (Deshayes, 1865)
• † Aporrhais hupei (Mayer, 1857)
• † Aporrhais meridionalis (Basterot, 1825)
• † Aporrhais monodactylus K. Martin, 1884
• † Aporrhais peralata (Sacco, 1893)
• Aporrhais pesgallinae Barnard, 1963
• Aporrhais pespelecani (Linnaeus, 1758), common pelican's foot
• † Aporrhais pliorara (Sacco, 1893)
• † Aporrhais proalata (Sacco, 1893)
• † Aporrhais pugens Wollemann 1908^{[ citation needed ]}
• Aporrhais senegalensis Gray, 1838
• Aporrhais serresiana (Michaud, 1828)
• † Aporrhais siberica Wieneke & Trubin, 2024
• † Aporrhais sowerbii (J. Fleming, 1828)
• † Aporrhais speciosa Schlotheim 1820
• † Aporrhais uttingeriana (Risso, 1826) ^[4]
• † Aporrhais volkovi Zhizhchenko, 1959

Synonyms

• † Aporrhais alatus(Eichwald, 1830) : synonym of † Aporrhais alata(Eichwald, 1830) (incorrect grammatical agreement of specific epithet)
• Aporrhais aldrovandiCapellini, 1860: synonym of Aporrhais pespelecani(Linnaeus, 1758)
• † Aporrhais angulataGabb, 1864: synonym of † Anchura angulata (Gabb, 1864)
• † Aporrhais castexiMagne, 1952: synonym of † Aporrhais meridionalis(Basterot, 1825) (junior subjective synonym)
• † Aporrhais conemenosiMonterosato, 1890: synonym of Aporrhais pespelecani(Linnaeus, 1758)
• † Aporrhais cornutusKorobkov, 1949: synonym of † Aporrhais cornutaKorobkov, 1949 (incorrect grammatical agreement of specific epithet)
• † Aporrhais decemlirataConrad, 1858: synonym of † Graciliala decemlirata (Conrad, 1858) (superseded combination)
• † Aporrhais decoratusLocard, 1889: synonym of † Drepanochilus decoratus (Locard, 1889) (superseded combination)
• † Aporrhais ebrayide Loriol, 1882: synonym of † Ceratosiphon ebrayi (de Loriol, 1882) (superseded combination)
• † Aporrhais falciformisGabb, 1864: synonym of † Anchura falciformis (Gabb, 1864)
• Aporrhais franchetiRochebrune, 1883: synonym of Aporrhais senegalensis Gray, 1838
• †Aporrhais gregariaWilckens, 1905: synonym of † Austroaporrhais gregaria (Wilckens, 1905) (superseded combination)
• † Aporrhais koeneniGrönwall & Harder, 1907: synonym of † Drepanochilus koeneni (Grönwall & Harder, 1907) (superseded combination)
• † Aporrhais longispinaAndert, 1934: synonym of † Anchura longispina (Andert, 1934)
• Aporrhais macandreaeJeffreys, 1867: synonym of Aporrhais serresianus(Michaud, 1828)
• Aporrhais michaudiLocard, 1890: synonym of Aporrhais pespelecani(Linnaeus, 1758)
• † Aporrhais obtusaF.-J. Pictet & Campiche, 1864: synonym of † Drepanochilus obtusus (F.-J. Pictet & Campiche, 1864) (superseded combination)
• Aporrhais occidentalisBeck, 1836 : synonym of Arrhoges occidentalis (Beck, 1836)
• Aporrhais pelecanipesLocard, 1892: synonym of Aporrhais pespelecani(Linnaeus, 1758)
• † Aporrhais pescarbonis(Brongniart, 1823) sensu Forbes & Hanley, 1853: synonym of Aporrhais serresiana(Michaud, 1828) (misapplication, misapplication)
• Aporrhais pes-gallinaeBarnard: synonym of Aporrhais pesgallinaeBarnard, 1963
• Aporrhais pespelicani(Linnaeus, 1758): synonym of Aporrhais pespelecani(Linnaeus, 1758)
• Aporrhais quadrifidusda Costa, 1778: synonym of Aporrhais pespelecani(Linnaeus, 1758)
• Aporrhais sarsiiKobelt, 1908: synonym of Aporrhais serresianus(Michaud, 1828)
• Aporrhais serreseanus [sic]: synonym of Aporrhais serresianus(Michaud, 1828)
• † Aporrhais sublevisMeek & Hayden, 1860: synonym of † Drepanochilus sublevis (Meek & Hayden, 1860) (superseded combination)
• † Aporrhais tannenbergicaFrič, 1897: synonym of † Latiala tannenbergica (Frič, 1897) (superseded combination)
• † Aporrhais vetusPackard, 1922: synonym of † Alarimella veta (Packard, 1922)

References

1. WoRMS : Aporrhais; accessed : 28 October 2010
2. Fossilworks
3. (in Czech) Pek I., Vašíček Z., Roček Z., Hajn. V. & Mikuláš R.: Základy zoopaleontologie. - Olomouc, 1996. 264 pp., ISBN   80-7067-599-3.
4. Stromboidea

• 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

External links

• Da Costa, Mendes E. (1778). Historia naturalis testaceorum Britanniæ, or, the British conchology; containing the descriptions and other particulars of natural history of the shells of Great Britain and Ireland: illustrated with figures. In English and French. - Historia naturalis testaceorum Britanniæ, ou, la conchologie Britannique; contenant les descriptions & autres particularités d'histoire naturelle des coquilles de la Grande Bretagne & de l'Irlande: avec figures en taille douce. En anglois & françois., i-xii, 1-254, i-vii, [1], Pl. I-XVII. London. (Millan, White, Emsley & Robson)