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Aeneator (genus)
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Aeneator is a genus
of sea snail
s, marine
gastropod molluscs in the family
Buccinidae
, the true whelks. Most species of this genus can be found around New Zealand, Chile
and Antarctica.
Genus
In biology, a genus is a low-level taxonomic rank used in the biological classification of living and fossil organisms, which is an example of definition by genus and differentia...
of sea snail
Snail
Snail is a common name applied to most of the members of the molluscan class Gastropoda that have coiled shells in the adult stage. When the word is used in its most general sense, it includes sea snails, land snails and freshwater snails. The word snail without any qualifier is however more often...
s, marine
Marine (ocean)
Marine is an umbrella term. As an adjective it is usually applicable to things relating to the sea or ocean, such as marine biology, marine ecology and marine geology...
gastropod molluscs in the family
Family (biology)
In biological classification, family is* a taxonomic rank. Other well-known ranks are life, domain, kingdom, phylum, class, order, genus, and species, with family fitting between order and genus. As for the other well-known ranks, there is the option of an immediately lower rank, indicated by the...
Buccinidae
Buccinidae
Buccinidae is a very large and diverse taxonomic family of large sea snails, often known as whelks or true whelks.True whelks are mostly marine gastropod mollusks in the clade Neogastropoda...
, the true whelks. Most species of this genus can be found around New Zealand, Chile
Chile
Chile ,officially the Republic of Chile , is a country in South America occupying a long, narrow coastal strip between the Andes mountains to the east and the Pacific Ocean to the west. It borders Peru to the north, Bolivia to the northeast, Argentina to the east, and the Drake Passage in the far...
and Antarctica.
Species
Species in the genus Aeneator include:- Aeneator attenuatusAeneator attenuatusAeneator attenuatus is a species of sea snail or whelk, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Buccinidae, the true whelks.-References:...
PowellArthur William Baden PowellDr Arthur William Baden Powell CBE was a New Zealand malacologist, naturalist and palaeontologist, a major influence in the study and classification of New Zealand molluscs through much of the twentieth century. He was known to his friends and family by his third name, "Baden".Powell was born at...
, 1927 - Aeneator benthicolaAeneator benthicolaAeneator benthicola is a species of large sea snail, a whelk, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Buccinidae, the true whelks.-References:...
DellRichard DellDr Richard Kenneth Dell was a New Zealand malacologist. He was born in Auckland. As a young boy, he took an interest in shells, collecting them from the shores of Waitemata Harbour. He even managed to start a "museum" in his backyard...
, 1963 - Aenator castellai F. S. Mclean & Andrade, 1982
- Aeneator comptusAeneator comptusAeneator comptus is a species of large sea snail, a whelk, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Buccinidae, the true whelks.-References:...
(FinlayHarold John FinlayHarold John Finlay was a New Zealand palaeontologist and conchologist. He was born in Comilla, India , on 22 March 1901....
, 1924) - Aeneator elegansAeneator elegansAeneator elegans is a species of large deepwater sea snail, a whelk, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Buccinidae, the true whelks.-References:*...
(SuterHenry SuterHenry Suter was a New Zealand zoologist, naturalist, palaeontologist, and malacologist.- Biography :...
, 1917) - Aenator fontainei d'Orbigny, 1841
- Aeneator galatheaeAeneator galatheaeAeneator galatheae is a species of sea snail, a whelk, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Buccinidae, the true whelks.-References:...
PowellArthur William Baden PowellDr Arthur William Baden Powell CBE was a New Zealand malacologist, naturalist and palaeontologist, a major influence in the study and classification of New Zealand molluscs through much of the twentieth century. He was known to his friends and family by his third name, "Baden".Powell was born at...
, 1958 - Aenator loisae Rehder, 1971
- †Aenator marshalli R. Murdoch, 1924
- Aeneator marshalli separabilisAeneator marshalli separabilisAeneator marshalli separabilis is a subspecies of large sea snail, a whelk, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Buccinidae, the true whelks.-References:...
DellRichard DellDr Richard Kenneth Dell was a New Zealand malacologist. He was born in Auckland. As a young boy, he took an interest in shells, collecting them from the shores of Waitemata Harbour. He even managed to start a "museum" in his backyard...
, 1956
- Aeneator marshalli separabilis
- Aeneator otagoensisAeneator otagoensisAeneator otagoensis is a species of large sea snail, a whelk, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Buccinidae, the true whelks.- Description :...
FinlayHarold John FinlayHarold John Finlay was a New Zealand palaeontologist and conchologist. He was born in Comilla, India , on 22 March 1901....
, 1930 - Aeneator recensAeneator recensAeneator recens is a species of large sea snail, a whelk, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Buccinidae, the true whelks.-References:...
(DellRichard DellDr Richard Kenneth Dell was a New Zealand malacologist. He was born in Auckland. As a young boy, he took an interest in shells, collecting them from the shores of Waitemata Harbour. He even managed to start a "museum" in his backyard...
, 1951) - Aeneator valedictusAeneator valedictusAeneator valedictus is a species of sea snail, a whelk, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Buccinidae, the true whelks.-References:...
(Watson, 1886)
Further reading
- Powell A. W. B.Arthur William Baden PowellDr Arthur William Baden Powell CBE was a New Zealand malacologist, naturalist and palaeontologist, a major influence in the study and classification of New Zealand molluscs through much of the twentieth century. He was known to his friends and family by his third name, "Baden".Powell was born at...
, New Zealand Mollusca, William Collins Publishers LtdHarperCollinsHarperCollins is a publishing company owned by News Corporation. It is the combination of the publishers William Collins, Sons and Co Ltd, a British company, and Harper & Row, an American company, itself the result of an earlier merger of Harper & Brothers and Row, Peterson & Company. The worldwide...
, Auckland, New Zealand 1979 ISBN 0-00-216906-1