Aporrhais

Aporrhais Temporal range: Triassic - Recent PreЄ Є O S D C P T J K Pg N
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Five views of a shell of Aporrhais perpelicani
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Fossil shell of Aporrhais uttingeriana from Pliocene of Italy
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
(unranked):	clade Caenogastropoda clade Hypsogastropoda clade Littorinimorpha
Superfamily:	Stromboidea
Family:	Aporrhaidae
Genus:	Aporrhais Costa, 1778
Type species
Aporrhais quadrifidus Da Costa, 1778
Synonyms
Chenopus Philippi, 1836

Aporrhais 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 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.

Species

This genus contains the following extant species:

• Aporrhais pesgallinae Barnard, 1963
• Aporrhais pespelicani (Linnaeus, 1758), common pelican's foot
• Aporrhais senegalensis Gray, 1838
• Aporrhais serresianus (Michaud, 1828)

Extinct species

Extinct species within this genus include:

• †Aporrhais dingdenensis Marquet 2002
• †Aporrhais pugens Wollemann 1908
• †Aporrhais speciosa Schlotheim 1820
• †Aporrhais uttingeriana (Risso, 1826)

Species brought into synonymy

• Aporrhais occidentalis Beck, 1836 : synonym of Arrhoges occidentalis (Beck, 1836)
• Aporrhais aldrovandi Capellini, 1860: synonym of Aporrhais pespelecani (Linnaeus, 1758)
• Aporrhais macandreae Jeffreys, 1867: synonym of Aporrhais serresianus (Michaud, 1828)
• Aporrhais michaudi Locard, 1890: synonym of Aporrhais pespelecani (Linnaeus, 1758)
• 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)

References

• 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