''Aporrhais'' is a

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of medium-sized

sea snail Sea snail is a common name for slow-moving marine gastropod molluscs, usually with visible external shells, such as whelk or abalone. They share the taxonomic class Gastropoda with slugs, which are distinguished from snails primarily by the ...

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gastropod The gastropods (), commonly known as snails and slugs, belong to a large taxonomic class of invertebrates within the phylum Mollusca called Gastropoda (). This class comprises snails and slugs from saltwater, from freshwater, and from land. T ...

mollusk Mollusca is the second-largest phylum of invertebrate animals after the Arthropoda, the members of which are known as molluscs or mollusks (). Around 85,000 extant species of molluscs are recognized. The number of fossil species is e ...

s in the

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Aporrhaidae Aporrhaidae is a family of sea snails commonly called the "pelican's foot snails." The taxonomy of the Gastropoda by Bouchet & Rocroi, 2005Bouchet P. & Rocroi J.-P. (Ed.); Frýda J., Hausdorf B., Ponder W., Valdes A. & Warén A. 2005. ''Classif ...

and the superfamily

Stromboidea The Stromboidea, originally named the Strombacea by Rafinesque in 1815, is a superfamily of medium-sized to very large sea snails in the clade Littorinimorpha.MolluscaBase eds. (2020). MolluscaBase. Stromboidea Rafinesque, 1815. Accessed through: ...

.WoRMS : Aporrhais
accessed : 28 October 2010 The genus is known from the

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to the

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periods (age range: 205.6 to 0.0 million years ago). Fossils of species within this genus have been found all over the world.Fossilworks
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Species

This genus contains the following extant species: * ''

Aporrhais elegantissima ''Aporrhais'' is a genus of medium-sized sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Aporrhaidae and the superfamily Stromboidea.

'' Parenzan, 1970 * ''

Aporrhais pesgallinae ''Aporrhais pesgallinae'' is a species of medium-sized sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Aporrhaidae Aporrhaidae is a family of sea snails commonly called the "pelican's foot snails." The taxonomy of the Gastropoda by B ...

'' Barnard, 1963 * ''

Aporrhais pespelecani ''Aporrhais pespelecani'', common name the "pelican's foot" (or more precisely "common pelican's foot" to distinguish it from congeners), is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Aporrhaidae. Until the early 20th cent ...

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Linnaeus Carl Linnaeus (; 23 May 1707 – 10 January 1778), also known after his ennoblement in 1761 as Carl von Linné Blunt (2004), p. 171. (), was a Swedish botanist, zoologist, taxonomist, and physician who formalised binomial nomenclature, the ...

1758 Events January–March * January 1 – Swedish biologist Carl Linnaeus (Carl von Linné) publishes in Stockholm the first volume (''Animalia'') of the 10th edition of Systema Naturae, 10th edition of ''Systema Naturae'', the sta ...

), common pelican's foot * ''

Aporrhais senegalensis ''Aporrhais senegalensis'' is a species of medium-sized sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Aporrhaidae Aporrhaidae is a family of sea snails commonly called the "pelican's foot snails." The taxonomy of the Gastropoda by ...

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, 1838 * ''

Aporrhais serresiana ''Aporrhais serresiana'' is a species of medium-sized sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Aporrhaidae Aporrhaidae is a family of sea snails commonly called the "pelican's foot snails." The taxonomy of the Gastropoda by Bou ...

'' (Michaud, 1828) Extinct species within this genus include: * †''Aporrhais dingdenensis'' Marquet 2002 * † ''Aporrhais peralata'' (Sacco, 1893) * † ''Aporrhais pliorara'' (Sacco, 1893) * †''Aporrhais pugens'' Wollemann 1908 * †''Aporrhais speciosa'' Schlotheim 1820 * †''Aporrhais uttingeriana'' (Risso, 1826) Stromboidea
/ref> ;Species brought into synonymy: * ''Aporrhais aldrovandi'' Capellini, 1860: synonym of ''Aporrhais pespelecani'' (Linnaeus, 1758) * † ''Aporrhais angulata'' Gabb, 1864: synonym of † '' Anchura angulata'' (Gabb, 1864) * ''Aporrhais francheti'' Rochebrune, 1883: synonym of ''

'' Gray, 1838 * ''Aporrhais macandreae'' Jeffreys, 1867: synonym of ''Aporrhais serresianus'' (Michaud, 1828) * ''Aporrhais michaudi'' Locard, 1890: synonym of ''Aporrhais pespelecani'' (Linnaeus, 1758) * ''Aporrhais occidentalis'' Beck, 1836 : synonym of ''

Arrhoges occidentalis ''Arrhoges occidentalis'', common name the American pelicanfoot, 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. Morton (1956) considers ''Ar ...

'' (Beck, 1836) * ''Aporrhais pelecanipes'' Locard, 1892: synonym of ''Aporrhais pespelecani'' (Linnaeus, 1758) * ''Aporrhais pes-gallinae'' Barnard: synonym of ''Aporrhais pesgallinae'' Barnard, 1963 * ''Aporrhais pespelicani'' (

): 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'' ic synonym of ''Aporrhais serresianus'' (Michaud, 1828) * † ''Aporrhais vetus'' Packard, 1922: synonym of † '' Alarimella veta'' (Packard, 1922)

References

* 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)] Aporrhaidae Gastropod genera Rhaetian first appearances Extant Late Triassic first appearances Taxa named by Emanuel Mendes da Costa {{Aporrhaidae-stub