Aporrhais Explained

Aporrhais is a genus of medium-sized sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Aporrhaidae and the superfamily Stromboidea.^[1]

The genus is known from the Triassic to the Recent periods (age range: 205.6 to 0.0 million years ago). Fossils of species within this genus have been found all over the world.^{[2] [3]}

Species

This genus contains the following extant species:

• Aporrhais elegantissima Parenzan, 1970
• Aporrhais pesgallinae Barnard, 1963
• Aporrhais pespelecani (Linnaeus, 1758), common pelican's foot
• Aporrhais senegalensis Gray, 1838
• Aporrhais serresiana (Michaud, 1828)

Extinct species within this genus include:^[2]

• †Aporrhais dingdenensis Marquet 2002
• † Aporrhais peralata (Sacco, 1893)
• † Aporrhais pliorara (Sacco, 1893)
• †Aporrhais pugens Wollemann 1908
• †Aporrhais speciosa Schlotheim 1820
• †Aporrhais uttingeriana (Risso, 1826) ^[4]

Species brought into synonymy:

• Aporrhais aldrovandi Capellini, 1860: synonym of Aporrhais pespelecani (Linnaeus, 1758)
• † Aporrhais angulata Gabb, 1864: synonym of † Anchura angulata (Gabb, 1864)
• Aporrhais francheti Rochebrune, 1883: synonym of Aporrhais senegalensis Gray, 1838
• Aporrhais macandreae Jeffreys, 1867: synonym of Aporrhais serresianus (Michaud, 1828)
• Aporrhais michaudi Locard, 1890: synonym of Aporrhais pespelecani (Linnaeus, 1758)
• Aporrhais occidentalis Beck, 1836 : synonym of Arrhoges occidentalis (Beck, 1836)
• Aporrhais pelecanipes Locard, 1892: synonym of Aporrhais pespelecani (Linnaeus, 1758)
• Aporrhais pes-gallinae Barnard: synonym of Aporrhais pesgallinae Barnard, 1963
• Aporrhais pespelicani (Linnaeus, 1758): synonym of Aporrhais pespelecani (Linnaeus, 1758)
• Aporrhais quadrifidus da Costa, 1778: synonym of Aporrhais pespelecani (Linnaeus, 1758)
• Aporrhais sarsii Kobelt, 1908: synonym of Aporrhais serresianus (Michaud, 1828)
• Aporrhais serreseanus [sic]: synonym of Aporrhais serresianus (Michaud, 1828)
• † Aporrhais vetus Packard, 1922: synonym of † Alarimella veta (Packard, 1922)

References

• Cosel R. von (1977). Die Arten der Gattung Aporrhais Da Costa im Ostatlantik und Beobachtungen zum Umdrehreflex der Pelikanfuss-Schnecke Aporrhais pespelicani. Drosera 77: 37-46
• 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
• Manganelli, G.; Spadini, V.; Fiorentino, V. (2008). The lost Aporrhais species from the Italian Pliocene: A. peralata Sacco, 1893 (Gastropoda Caenogastropoda). Journal of Conchology. 39(5): 493-515

External links

• Da Costa, Mendes E. (1778). Historia naturalis testaceorum Britanniæ, or, the British conchology; containing the descriptions and other particulars of natural history of the shells of Great Britain and Ireland: illustrated with figures. In English and French. - Historia naturalis testaceorum Britanniæ, ou, la conchologie Britannique; contenant les descriptions & autres particularités d'histoire naturelle des coquilles de la Grande Bretagne & de l'Irlande: avec figures en taille douce. En anglois & françois., i-xii, 1-254, i-vii, [1], Pl. I-XVII. London. (Millan, White, Emsley & Robson)

Notes and References

1. http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=137656 WoRMS : Aporrhais
2. http://www.fossilworks.org/cgi-bin/bridge.pl?a=taxonInfo&taxon_no=9489 Fossilworks
3. (in Czech) Pek I., Vašíček Z., Roček Z., Hajn. V. & Mikuláš R.: Základy zoopaleontologie. - Olomouc, 1996. 264 pp., .
4. http://www.stromboidea.de/?n=Species.AporrhaisUttingeriana Stromboidea