''Phenacolepas'' is a
genus
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of small
sea snail
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s that have a
limpet
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-like or patelliform shell. These are
marine
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gastropod
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mollusk
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s in the
family
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Phenacolepadidae
Phenacolepadidae is a family (biology), family of small sea snails or false limpets, marine (ocean), marine gastropod mollusks in the clade Cycloneritimorpha (according to the Taxonomy of the Gastropoda (Bouchet & Rocroi, 2005), taxonomy of the G ...
.
Species
Species within the genus ''Phenacolepas'' include:
* ''Phenacolepas arabica''
* ''Phenacolepas asperulata'' A. Adams, 1858
* ''Phenacolepas calva''
* ''Phenacolepas cinnamomea''
* ''Phenacolepas crenulata''
* ''
Phenacolepas fischeri'' (Rochebrune, 1881)
* ''
Phenacolepas galathea'' (Lamarck)
* ''Phenacolepas immeritus''
* ''Phenacolepas malonei''
* ''Phenacolepas mirabilis''
* ''Phenacolepas nobilis''
* ''Phenacolepas omanensis''
* ''Phenacolepas osculans''
* ''Phenacolepas tenuisculpta''
References
Phenacolepadidae
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