''Apaturris'' is a

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Borsoniidae Borsoniidae is a monophyletic family of small to medium-sized sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the superfamily Conoidea.Bouchet, P. (2011). Borsoniidae. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.o ...

.Rosenberg, G.; Bouchet, P. (2012). Apaturris. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=435295 on 2012-06-28 Species in this genus have a relatively deep anal sinus.

Species

Species within the genus ''Apaturris'' include: * ''

Apaturris costifera ''Apaturris costifera'' is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Borsoniidae.Bouchet, P. (2015). Apaturris costifera May, 1920. In: MolluscaBase (2015). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www. ...

'' May, 1920 * '' Apaturris expeditionis'' (Oliver, 1915) ;Species brought into synonymy: * ''Apaturris brazieri'' Hedley, C. 1918: synonym of ''

Scrinium brazieri ''Scrinium brazieri'' is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Mitromorphidae.MolluscaBase (2018). Scrinium brazieri (E. A. Smith, 1892). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: http://www.marinespecies. ...

'' (Smith, 1891) Hedley, C. 1918. A checklist of the marine fauna of New South Wales. Part 1. Journal and Proceedings of the Royal Society of New South Wales 51: M1-M120

References

Tom Iredale (1917), ''More Molluscan Name-Changes, Generic and Specific''; Oxford Journals Science & Mathematics Journal of Molluscan Studies Volume 12, Issue 6 Pp. 322-330

External links

Bouchet, P.; Kantor, Y. I.; Sysoev, A.; Puillandre, N. (2011). ''A new operational classification of the Conoidea.'' Journal of Molluscan Studies. 77, 273-308
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