Arrhoges

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Arrhoges
Arrhoges occidentalis 001.jpg
Shell of Arrhoges occidentalis (fossil specimen at MNHN, Paris)
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Littorinimorpha
Family: Aporrhaidae
Genus: Arrhoges
Gabb, 1868
Type species
Rostellaria occidentalisH. Beck, 1836
Synonyms

† Aporrhais (Arrhoges)Gabb, 1868 superseded rank

Arrhoges is a genus of medium-sized sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Aporrhaidae and the superfamily Stromboidea. [1]

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Description

(Original description) The shell is fusiform. The anterior canal is nearly obsolete, and there is no posterior canal. The outer lip is expanded and simple. [2]

Species

This genus contains the following species:

Synonyms

References

  1. ↑ WoRMS : Arrhoges; accessed : 28 October 2010
  2. ↑ Gabb, W.M. (1868). "An attempt at the revision of the two families Strombidae and Aporrhaidae". American Journal of Conchology. 4 (3): 145. Retrieved 7 December 2025.PD-icon.svg This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain .


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