Aporrhais

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

Aporrhais Temporal range: Latest Triassic (Rhaetian) - Present
Five views of a shell of Aporrhais pespelicani
Fossil shell of Aporrhais uttingeriana from Pliocene of Italy
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Subclass:	Caenogastropoda
Order:	Littorinimorpha
Superfamily:	Stromboidea
Family:	Aporrhaidae
Genus:	Aporrhais da Costa, 1778
Type species
Aporrhais quadrifidus da Costa, 1778
Synonyms
Chenopus Philippi, 1836

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 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:

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

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)