WoRMS taxon details
Aporrhais Da Costa, 1778
AphiaID: 137656
AphiaID: 137656
| Classification: Biota > Animalia (Kingdom) > Mollusca (Phylum) > Gastropoda (Class) > Caenogastropoda (Subclass) > Littorinimorpha (Order) > Stromboidea (Superfamily) > Aporrhaidae (Family) |
| Status | accepted | ||||||||||
| Record status | Checked by Taxonomic Editor | ||||||||||
| Rank | Genus | ||||||||||
| Typetaxon | Aporrhais quadrifidus Da Costa, 1778 (type by monotypy) | ||||||||||
| Parent | Aporrhaidae Gray, 1850 | ||||||||||
| Sources |
basis of record: 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 (look up in IMIS) [details] additional source: Howson, C.M.; Picton, B.E. (Ed.) (1997). The species directory of the marine fauna and flora of the British Isles and surrounding seas. Ulster Museum Publication, 276. The Ulster Museum: Belfast, UK. ISBN 0-948150-06-8. vi, 508 (+ cd-rom) pp. (look up in IMIS) [details] | ||||||||||
| Vernacular Names |
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| Direct child taxa [show all] | Species Aporrhais pesgallinae Barnard, 1963 Species Aporrhais pespelecani (Linnaeus, 1758) Species Aporrhais senegalensis Gray, 1838 Species Aporrhais serresianus (Michaud, 1828) Species Aporrhais occidentalis (Beck, 1836) represented as Arrhoges occidentalis (Beck, 1836) (alternate representation) Species Aporrhais pes-gallinae Barnard accepted as Aporrhais pesgallinae Barnard, 1963 Species Aporrhais pespelicani (Linnaeus, 1758) accepted as Aporrhais pespelecani (Linnaeus, 1758) Species Aporrhais quadrifidus Da Costa, 1778 accepted as Aporrhais pespelecani (Linnaeus, 1758) | ||||||||||
| Environment | marine | ||||||||||
| Feedingtypes |
deposit feeder: subsurface [details]
grazer [details] | ||||||||||
| Links | To GenBank To ITIS | ||||||||||
| LSID | urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:137656 | ||||||||||
| Taxonomic Edit history |
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| Citation: Bouchet, P.; Gofas, S. (2013). Aporrhais Da Costa, 1778. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=137656 on 2013-05-24 | |||||||||||
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