Shinkailepas Explained

Shinkailepas is a genus of sea snails or false limpets, marine gastropod molluscs in the family Phenacolepadidae.

Species

Species within the genus Shinkailepas include:

• Shinkailepas conspira L. Beck, 2023
• Shinkailepas kaikatensis Okutani, Saito & Hashimoto, 1989
• Shinkailepas myojinensis Sasaki, Okutani & Fujikura, 2003
• Shinkailepas tollmanni (L. Beck, 1992)
• Shinkailepas tufari L. Beck, 1992

Synonyms:

• Shinkailepas briandi Warén & Bouchet, 2001: synonym of Divia briandi (Warén & Bouchet, 2001) (original combination)

References

• Okutani, T. ; Saito, H. ; Hashimoto, J. (1989). A New Neritacean Limpet from a Hydrothermal Vent Site near Ogasawara Islands,Japan. VENUS (The Japanese Journals of Malacology). 48(4): 223-230
• Beck, L. (1992). Two new neritacean limpets (Gastropoda: Prosobranchia: Neritacea: Phenacolepadidae) from active hydrothermal vents at Hydrothermal Field 1 “Wienerwald” in the Manus Back-Arc Basin (Bismarck Sea, Papua-New Guinea). Annalen des Naturhistorischen Museums in Wien, Serie B,. 93: 259–275.

External links

• Fukumori H., Yahagi T., Warén A. & Kano Y. (2019). Amended generic classification of the marine gastropod family Phenacolepadidae: transitions from snails to limpets and shallow-water to deep-sea hydrothermal vents and cold seeps. Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society. 185(3): 636-655