Aporrhais serresiana

Aporrhais serresiana
Five views of a shell of A. serresiana
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Subclass:	Caenogastropoda
Order:	Littorinimorpha
Family:	Aporrhaidae
Genus:	Aporrhais
Species:	A. serresiana
Binomial name
Aporrhais serresiana (Michaud, 1828)
Synonyms
Aporrhais macandreaeJeffreys, 1867 Aporrhais michaudiLocard, 1891 Aporrhais sarsiiKobelt, 1908 Aporrhais serreseanus [sic] Aporrhais serreseanus hexapodusNordsieck, 1968 Aporrhais serresianus var. crassaLocard, 1891 Aporrhais serresianus var. minorLocard, 1891 Aporrhais serresianus var. ventricosaLocard, 1891 Chenopus serresianus Rostellaria serresiana Michaud, 1828

Aporrhais serresiana is a species of medium-sized sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Aporrhaidae, the pelican's foot snails or pelican's foot shells. ^[1]

Description

Shell size 40-50 mm.

(original description in Latin) The shell is small, turreted, and imperforate, with a yellowish-white coloration. The surface is covered with spiral striations. The upper whorls feature a single, central keel, while the body whorl is strongly defined by three keels. These keels are nodulose and extend to form the digitate (finger-like) processes on the outer lip. The outer lip is expanded and boasts four distinct, channeled lobes (or "fingers"). The siphonal canal (rostrum) is very long, straight, thin, and sharp. The aperture is constricted. ^[2]

Distribution

Mediterranean Sea, Morocco.

References

1. Aporrhais serresiana (Michaud, 1828) . 10 October 2025. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species .
2. Michaud, A.L.G. (1828). "Description de plusieurs espèces de coquilles vivantes de la Méditerranée". Bulletin d'Histoire Naturelle de la Société Linnéenne de Bordeaux. 2 (10): 120. Retrieved 10 October 2025. This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain .

• Nordsieck F. (1968). Die europäischen Meeres-Gehäuseschnecken (Prosobranchia). Vom Eismeer bis Kapverden und Mittelmeer. Gustav Fischer, Stuttgart VIII + 273 pp:
• Gofas, S.; Le Renard, J.; Bouchet, P. (2001). Mollusca. in: Costello, M.J. et al. (eds), European Register of Marine Species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Patrimoines Naturels. 50: 180-213.

External links

• Michaud [A.L.G.] (1828). Description de plusieurs espèces de coquilles vivantes de la Méditerranée. Bulletin d'Histoire Naturelle de la Société Linnéenne de Bordeaux, 2(10): 119-122, 1 plate (unnumbered)
• Jeffreys J.G. (1862-1869). British conchology. Vol. 1: pp. cxiv + 341 [1862]. Vol. 2: pp. 479 [1864]. Vol. 3: pp. 394 [1865]. Vol. 4: pp. 487 [1867]. Vol. 5: pp. 259 [1869]. London, van Voorst
• Locard A. (1891). Contributions à la faune malacologique française XVI. Les coquilles marines vivantes de la faune française décrites par G. Michaud. Études critiques d'après les types de ses collections. Annales de la Société d'Agriculture, Histoire Naturelle et Arts utiles de Lyon. (6) 3 [1890]: 93-134
• Gofas, S.; Luque, Á. A.; Templado, J.; Salas, C. (2017). A national checklist of marine Mollusca in Spanish waters. Scientia Marina. 81(2) : 241-254, and supplementary online material.