''Phenacolepas'' is a
genus of small
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 ...
s that have a
limpet
Limpets are a group of aquatic snails that exhibit a conical shell shape (patelliform) and a strong, muscular foot. Limpets are members of the class Gastropoda, but are polyphyletic, meaning the various groups called "limpets" descended indep ...
-like or patelliform shell. These are
marine
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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 ...
mollusks in the
family 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
''Phenacolepas fischeri'' is a species of sea snail, a marine sea gastropod mollusk in the family Phenacolepadidae
Phenacolepadidae is a family (biology), family of small sea snails or false limpets, marine (ocean), marine gastropod mollusks ...
'' (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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