''Iphitus'' is a
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of small
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s,
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gastropod
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s in the
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Epitoniidae
Wentletraps are small, often white, very high-spired, predatory or ectoparasitic sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Epitoniidae.Gofas, S. (2010). Epitoniidae. In: Bouchet, P.; Gofas, S.; Rosenberg, G. (2010) World Marine Mollu ...
of the superfamily
Epitonioidea
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Taxonomy
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, the wentletraps, the purple snails, and their allies.
[Gofas, S.; Bouchet, P. (2014). Iphitus Jeffreys, 1883. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=137946 on 2014-12-31]
Species
Species within the genus ''Iphitus'' include:
* ''
Iphitus boucheti''
Poppe & Tagaro, 2016
* ''
Iphitus cancellatus''
Dautzenberg & H. Fischer, 1896
* ''
Iphitus clarki''
L. G. Brown, 2019
* ''
Iphitus escondida''
Poppe & Tagaro, 2016
* ''
Iphitus neozelanicus''
(Dell, 1956)
* ''
Iphitus notios''
Pimenta, Andrade & Absalão, 2018
* ''
Iphitus robertsi''
Sabelli & Taviani, 1997
* ''
Iphitus tenuisculptus''
(Seguenza, 1876)
* ''
Iphitus tuberatus''
Jeffreys, 1883
* ''
Iphitus wareni''
L. G. Brown, 2019
;Species brought into synonymy:
* ''Iphitus marshalli''
(Sykes, 1925): synonym of ''Iphitus tenuisculptus''
(Seguenza, 1876)
* ''Iphitus reticulatus''
Dall, 1927: synonym of ''Iphitus cancellatus''
Dautzenberg & H. Fischer, 1896
* ''Iphitus tenerrimus''
Dautzenberg & Fischer H., 1896: synonym of ''
Alora tenerrima Alora may refer to:
* ''Alora'' (gastropod), a genus of wentletraps in the family Epitoniidae
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''
(Dautzenberg & H. Fischer, 1896)
* ''Iphitus tuberculatus''
Watson, 1886: synonym of ''
Sansonia tuberculata
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''
(Watson, 1886)
References
Marinespecies
External links
Jeffreys J.G. 1883. ''On the Mollusca procured during the 'Lightning' and 'Porcupine' expeditions 1868-70.'' (Part VI). Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London, 1882: 88-149, pl. 19, 20Beu, A. G.; Climo, F. M. (1974). Mollusca from a recent coral community in Palliser Bay, Cook Strait. New Zealand Journal of Marine and Freshwater Research. 8(2): 307-332https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.3907.1.1Bouchet, P. & Warén, A. (1986). Revision of the Northeast Atlantic bathyal and abyssal Aclididae Eulimidae, Epitonidae (Mollusca, Gastropoda). Bollettino Malacologico. suppl. 2: 297-576 Serge GOFAS, Ángel A. LUQUE, Joan Daniel OLIVER,José TEMPLADO & Alberto SERRA (2021) - The Mollusca of Galicia Bank (NE Atlantic Ocean); European Journal of Taxonomy 785: 1–114
Epitoniidae
Gastropod genera
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