''Shinkailepas'' is a

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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 ...

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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 ''Shinkailepas'' include: * '' Shinkailepas briandi'' Warén & Bouchet, 2001 * ''

Shinkailepas kaikatensis ''Shinkailepas kaikatensis'' is a species of sea snail, a false limpet, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Phenacolepadidae. It was first described by Okutani, Saito and Hashimoto in 1989. Description The individuals in the NOAA image ar ...

'' Okutani, Saito & Hashimoto, 1989 * '' Shinkailepas mojinensis'' Sasaki, Okutani & Fujikura, 2003 * '' Shinkailepas myojinensis'' Sasaki, Okutani & Fujikura, 2003 * ''

Shinkailepas tufari ''Shinkailepas'' is a genus of sea snails or false limpets, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Phenacolepadidae. Species Species within the genus ''Shinkailepas'' include: * '' Shinkailepas briandi'' Warén & Bouchet, 2001 * ''Shinkailep ...

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References

Phenacolepadidae {{Phenacolepadidae-stub