Ptychosalpinx is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod molluscs in the superfamily Buccinoidea.[1] Some sources place it in the family Buccinidae, the true whelks.[2]
Ptychosalpinx | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Mollusca |
Class: | Gastropoda |
Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
Order: | Neogastropoda |
Superfamily: | Buccinoidea |
Family: | incertae sedis |
Genus: | Ptychosalpinx Gill, 1867 |
Type species | |
† Buccinum altile Conrad, 1832
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Species
editSpecies within the genus Ptychosalpinx include:[3]
- Ptychosalpinx altilis † (Conrad, 1832)
- Ptychosalpinx globulus (Dall, 1889)
References
edit- ^ Ptychosalpinx. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 17 April 2010.
- ^ †Ptychosalpinx Gill 1867 (true whelk) in Fossilworks
- ^ Ptychosalpinx globulus (Dall, 1889). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 17 April 2010.