Aporrhais

Aporrhais
Temporal range: 205.6–0 Ma Latest Triassic (Rhaetian) - Present
Five views of a shell of Aporrhais pespelicani
Fossil shell of Aporrhais uttingeriana from Pliocene of Italy
Scientific classification Edit this 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
  • Chenopus Philippi, 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  • Chenopus (Aporrhais) da Costa, 1778 superseded rank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)

Synonyms

  • Aporrhais alatus (Eichwald, 1830) : synonym of † Aporrhais alata (Eichwald, 1830) (incorrect grammatical agreement of specific epithet)
  • Aporrhais aldrovandi Capellini, 1860: synonym of Aporrhais pespelecani (Linnaeus, 1758)
  • Aporrhais angulata Gabb, 1864: synonym of † Anchura angulata (Gabb, 1864)
  • Aporrhais castexi Magne, 1952: synonym of † Aporrhais meridionalis (Basterot, 1825) (junior subjective synonym)
  • Aporrhais conemenosi Monterosato, 1890: synonym of Aporrhais pespelecani (Linnaeus, 1758)
  • Aporrhais cornutus Korobkov, 1949: synonym of † Aporrhais cornuta Korobkov, 1949 (incorrect grammatical agreement of specific epithet)
  • Aporrhais decemlirata Conrad, 1858: synonym of † Graciliala decemlirata (Conrad, 1858) (superseded combination)
  • Aporrhais decoratus Locard, 1889: synonym of † Drepanochilus decoratus (Locard, 1889) (superseded combination)
  • Aporrhais ebrayi de Loriol, 1882: synonym of † Ceratosiphon ebrayi (de Loriol, 1882) (superseded combination)
  • Aporrhais falciformis Gabb, 1864: synonym of † Anchura falciformis (Gabb, 1864)
  • Aporrhais francheti Rochebrune, 1883: synonym of Aporrhais senegalensis Gray, 1838
  • Aporrhais gregaria Wilckens, 1905: synonym of † Austroaporrhais gregaria (Wilckens, 1905) (superseded combination)
  • Aporrhais koeneni Grönwall & Harder, 1907: synonym of † Drepanochilus koeneni (Grönwall & Harder, 1907) (superseded combination)
  • Aporrhais longispina Andert, 1934: synonym of † Anchura longispina (Andert, 1934)
  • Aporrhais macandreae Jeffreys, 1867: synonym of Aporrhais serresianus (Michaud, 1828)
  • Aporrhais michaudi Locard, 1890: synonym of Aporrhais pespelecani (Linnaeus, 1758)
  • Aporrhais obtusa F.-J. Pictet & Campiche, 1864: synonym of † Drepanochilus obtusus (F.-J. Pictet & Campiche, 1864) (superseded combination)
  • Aporrhais occidentalis Beck, 1836 : synonym of Arrhoges occidentalis (Beck, 1836)
  • Aporrhais pelecanipes Locard, 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-gallinae Barnard: synonym of Aporrhais pesgallinae Barnard, 1963
  • Aporrhais pespelicani (Linnaeus, 1758): synonym of Aporrhais pespelecani (Linnaeus, 1758)
  • Aporrhais quadrifidus da Costa, 1778: synonym of Aporrhais pespelecani (Linnaeus, 1758)
  • Aporrhais sarsii Kobelt, 1908: synonym of Aporrhais serresianus (Michaud, 1828)
  • Aporrhais serreseanus [sic]: synonym of Aporrhais serresianus (Michaud, 1828)
  • Aporrhais sublevis Meek & Hayden, 1860: synonym of † Drepanochilus sublevis (Meek & Hayden, 1860) (superseded combination)
  • Aporrhais tannenbergica Frič, 1897: synonym of † Latiala tannenbergica (Frič, 1897) (superseded combination)
  • Aporrhais vetus Packard, 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