Aporrhaidae
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Aporrhaidae, common name
the pelican's foot snails, is a taxonomic
family of sea snail
s. The taxonomy of the Gastropoda by Bouchet & Rocroi, 2005
categorizes Aporrhaidae as marine
gastropod
mollusks in the clade Littorinimorpha
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Aporrhaidae are commercially important, especially in traditional fisheries.
subfamily Aporrhainae:
(unsorted to subfamilies):
Common name
A common name of a taxon or organism is a name in general use within a community; it is often contrasted with the scientific name for the same organism...
the pelican's foot snails, is a taxonomic
Taxonomy
Taxonomy is the science of identifying and naming species, and arranging them into a classification. The field of taxonomy, sometimes referred to as "biological taxonomy", revolves around the description and use of taxonomic units, known as taxa...
family 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. The taxonomy of the Gastropoda by Bouchet & Rocroi, 2005
Taxonomy of the Gastropoda (Bouchet & Rocroi, 2005)
The taxonomy of the Gastropoda as it was revised by Philippe Bouchet and Jean-Pierre Rocroi is currently the most up-to-date overall system for classifying gastropod mollusks...
categorizes Aporrhaidae as marine
Ocean
An ocean is a major body of saline water, and a principal component of the hydrosphere. Approximately 71% of the Earth's surface is covered by ocean, a continuous body of water that is customarily divided into several principal oceans and smaller seas.More than half of this area is over 3,000...
gastropod
Gastropoda
The Gastropoda or gastropods, more commonly known as snails and slugs, are a large taxonomic class within the phylum Mollusca. The class Gastropoda includes snails and slugs of all kinds and all sizes from microscopic to quite large...
mollusks in the clade Littorinimorpha
Littorinimorpha
Littorinimorpha is a large clade of gastropods within Hypsogastropoda consisting primarily of marine species, but also aquatic and terrestrial species as well....
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Aporrhaidae are commercially important, especially in traditional fisheries.
Description
Aporrhaidae have a large lip with finger-like extensions, and a small operculum. They do not have movable eyes. Instead, their eyes are fixed at the base of each tentacle.Subfamilies
Subfamilies in the family Aporrhaidae include:- Aporrhainae Gray, 1850 - synonym: Chenopidae Deshayes, 1865
- Arrhoginae Popenoe, 1983 - synonyms: Alariidae Koken, 1889 (inv.); Dicrolomatidae Korotkov, 1992
- † Harpagonidae Pchelintsev, 1963
- † Perissopterinae Korotkov, 1992 - synonym: Struthiopterinae Zinsmeister & Griffin, 1995
- † Spinigerinae Korotkov, 1992 (inv.)
Genera
Genera within the family Aporrhaidae include:subfamily Aporrhainae:
- AporrhaisAporrhaisAporrhais is a genus of medium-sized sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Aporrhaidae and the superfamily Stromboidea. The genus is known from the Cretaceous to the recent periods.- Species :This genus contains the following species:...
Da Costa, 1778 - synonym: Chenopus - type genusType genusIn biological classification, a type genus is a representative genus, as with regard to a biological family. The term and concept is used much more often and much more formally in zoology than it is in botany, and the definition is dependent on the nomenclatural Code that applies:* In zoological...
of the family Aporrhaidae - † Toarctocera Gründel, Nützel & Schulbert, 2009 - type species: Rostellaria subpunctata - Toarctocera subpunctata (von Munster in Goldfuss, 1826–1844)
(unsorted to subfamilies):
- Alarimella Saul, 1998
- Anchura Conrad, 1860
- Antarctohoges Stilwell & Zinsmeister, 1992
- Araeodactylus Harris & Burrows, 1891
- ArrhogesArrhogesArrhoges is a monospecific genus of medium-sized sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Aporrhaidae and the superfamily Stromboidea. - Species :This genus contains the following species:* Arrhoges occidentalis...
Gabb, 1868 - Auriala Hacobjan, 1976
- Austroaporrhais Zinsmeister & Griffin, 1995
- Bicorempterus Gründel, 2001
- Ceratosiphon Gill, 1870
- Cultrigera Böhm, 1885
- † CuphosolenusCuphosolenusCuphosolenus is a genus of extinct small to medium-sized sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Aporrhaidae and the superfamily Stromboidea, known from the Jurassic and lower Cretaceous periods...
Piette, 1876 - Cuphotifer Piette, 1876
- Cyclomolops Gabb, 1868
- Diarthema Piette, 1864
- Dicroloma Gabb, 1868
- Digitolabrum Cossmann, 1904
- Dimorphosoma Gardner, 1875
- Drepanocheilus Meek, 1864
- Graciliala Sohl, 1960
- Goniocheila Gabb, 1868
- Helicaulax Gabb, 1868
- Hemichenopus Steinmann & Wilckens, 1908
- Kangilioptera Rosenkrantz, 1970
- Kaunhowenia Abdel Gawad, 1986
- Latiala Sohl, 1960
- Lispodesthes White, 1875
- Maussenetia Cossmann, 1904
- Mexopus Kiel & Perrilliat, 2001
- Monocuphus Piette, 1876
- Perissopter Tate, 1865
- Peruchilus Olsson, 1931
- Pietteia Cossmann, 1904
- Platyoptera Conrad, 1855
- Pseudanchura Kollmann, 2005
- Pterocerella Meek, 1864
- Pugioptera Pchelincev, 1953
- Strombopugnellus Koch, 1911
- Struthiochenopus Zinsmeister & Griffin, 1995
- Struthioptera Finlay & Marwick, 1937
- Teneposita Loch, 1989
- † TessarolaxTessarolaxTessarolax is an extinct genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks which lived from the Cretaceous to the Paleocene in Europe, North America, and Madagascar.-Sources:* Fossils by David Ward...
Gabb, 1864 - Tibiaporrhais Elder, 1990
- Trilemma Blagovetshenskiy & Shumilkin, 2006
- Tulochilus Finlay & Marwick, 1937
- Tundora Stephenson, 1941
- Ueckeritzella Gründel, 1998
- Wateletia Cossmann, 1889