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Aporrhais

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Description

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

From Wikipedia article at https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aporrhais, which is released under the Creative Commons Attribution-Share-Alike License 3.0.

Source Data

Source	ID	Link
Global Biodiversity Information Facility ID (GBIF)	2299202	https://www.gbif.org/species/2299202
PaleoBioDB ID (PBDB)	9489	https://paleobiodb.org/classic/checkTaxonInfo?taxon_no=9489

Rank

genus

Taxonomy (GBIF)

Life : Animalia : Mollusca : Gastropoda : Littorinimorpha : Aporrhaidae : Aporrhais

Taxonomy (PBDB)

Life : Animalia : Mollusca : Gastropoda : Aporrhaidae : Aporrhais

Taxonomic Status (GBIF)

accepted

Classification
(PBDB,GBIF)

Rank	Name	Author
-	Eukaryota
-	Opisthokonta	Cavalier-Smith 1987
kingdom	Animalia
-	Bilateria
-	Eubilateria	Ax 1987
-	Protostomia	Grobben 1908
-	Spiralia
superphylum	Lophotrochozoa
phylum	Mollusca	Linnaeus 1758
class	Gastropoda	Cuvier 1797
superorder	Hypsogastropoda
infraorder	Littorinimorpha	Golikov and Starobogtov 1975
superfamily	Stromboidea	(Rafinesque 1815)
family	Aporrhaidae	Gray 1850
subfamily	Aporrhainae	Gray 1850
genus	Aporrhais	Da Costa 1778

Scientific Name

Aporrhais Da Costa, 1778

Name Published In

Da Costa, Emanuel M. 1778. Historia naturalis testaceorum Britanniæ, or, The British conchology. Millan, B. White, Elmsley & Robson, London.: i-xii, 1-254, i-viii, pls.1-17.

Opinions (PBDB)

Name	Rank	Opinion	Evidence	Author
Aporrhais	genus	belongs to Aporrhaidae	stated with evidence	Stanton, 1895
Aporrhais	genus	belongs to Aporrhaidae	stated without evidence	Wienrich, 2001
Aporrhais	genus	belongs to Aporrhaidae	stated with evidence	Harzhauser, 2002
Aporrhais	genus	belongs to Neotaenioglossa	second hand	Sepkoski, 2002
Aporrhais	genus	belongs to Aporrhainae	stated with evidence	Kollmann, 2009

Status (PBDB)

extant

Taxon Size (PBDB)

Extant Size (PBDB)

3 (25%)

First Recorded Appearance

170 - 168 Ma
Middle Jurassic

Motility

slow-moving (based on Aporrhaidae)

Vision

limited (based on Gastropoda)

Diet

detritivore (based on Aporrhaidae)

Taphonomy

aragonite (based on Gastropoda)

Primary Reference (PBDB)

J. J. Sepkoski, Jr. 2002. A compendium of fossil marine animal genera. Bulletins of American Paleontology 363:1-560

Common Name(s)

Pied-de-pélican

Wikipedia

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aporrhais

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Fossil Distribution

Subtaxa

Name	Status	Common Name(s)	Fossil Occurrences	Oldest	Youngest
Aporrhais (Aporrhais) subgenus	listed (PBDB)		51	66.0 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous	0 Ma Extant
Aporrhais (Maussenetia) ✝ subgenus	listed (PBDB)
Aporrhais brittsi species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Aporrhais californicus species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Aporrhais clarendonensis ✝ species	listed (PBDB)		2	56.0 Ma Paleocene	56.0 Ma Paleocene
Aporrhais conemenosi species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Aporrhais cotteaui species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Aporrhais decoratus species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Aporrhais dingdenensis ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		7	20.4 Ma Miocene	11.6 Ma Miocene
Aporrhais elpasensis species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Aporrhais foudriatensis species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Aporrhais gabonensis species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Aporrhais kentensis species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Aporrhais meeki species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Aporrhais menthafontis species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Aporrhais monodactylus species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Aporrhais nuecensis species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Aporrhais occidentalis species	listed (PBDB)		2	0.01 Ma Pleistocene	0 Ma Extant
Aporrhais parva species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Aporrhais peralata species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Aporrhais pesgallinae species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Aporrhais pespelecani ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		43	23.0 Ma Miocene	0.13 Ma Pleistocene
Aporrhais pleurotomoides species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Aporrhais pliorara species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Aporrhais potomacensis species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Aporrhais pugens species	listed (PBDB)		1	101 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous	101 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous
Aporrhais quillayutensis species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Aporrhais rapax species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Aporrhais reussi species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Aporrhais scaldensis species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Aporrhais schlotheimi species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Aporrhais senegalensis species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Aporrhais serresianus species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Aporrhais singleyi species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Aporrhais sowerbii ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		3	56.0 Ma Paleocene	55.8 Ma Eocene
Aporrhais speciosa ✝ species	listed (PBDB)		23	47.8 Ma Eocene	33.9 Ma Oligocene
Aporrhais subgibbosus species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Aporrhais sublevis species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Aporrhais tarrantensis species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Aporrhais travisensis species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Aporrhais uttingeriana ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		17	20.4 Ma Miocene	1.81 Ma Pleistocene
Fasciolaria pugens species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Rostellaria sowerbii species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Strombites speciosus species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB

Obsolete Names

Name	Source	Taxon Rank	Taxonomy
Aphorrais Swainson, 1840	GBIF	genus	Animalia : Mollusca : Gastropoda : Littorinimorpha : Aporrhaidae : *Aphorrais*
Aporhais Weinzettl, 1910	GBIF	genus	Animalia : Mollusca : Gastropoda : Littorinimorpha : Aporrhaidae : *Aporhais*
Apoorhais Conrad, 1855	GBIF	genus	Animalia : Mollusca : Gastropoda : Littorinimorpha : Aporrhaidae : *Apoorhais*
Chenopus Philippi, 1836	GBIF	genus	Animalia : Mollusca : Gastropoda : Littorinimorpha : Aporrhaidae : *Chenopus*
Aporchais Cossmann, 1913	GBIF	genus	Animalia : Mollusca : Gastropoda : Littorinimorpha : Aporrhaidae : *Aporchais*
Aporrais Cotteau, 1868	GBIF	genus	Animalia : Mollusca : Gastropoda : Littorinimorpha : Aporrhaidae : *Aporrais*
Aphorais Gray, 1847	GBIF	genus	Animalia : Mollusca : Gastropoda : Littorinimorpha : Aporrhaidae : *Aphorais*
Apporrhais Gray, 1838	GBIF	genus	Animalia : Mollusca : Gastropoda : Littorinimorpha : Aporrhaidae : *Apporrhais*
Aporrhis Swainson, 1835	GBIF	genus	Animalia : Mollusca : Gastropoda : Littorinimorpha : Aporrhaidae : *Aporrhis*
Apporhais Gray, 1852	GBIF	genus	Animalia : Mollusca : Gastropoda : Littorinimorpha : Aporrhaidae : *Apporhais*

Synonymy List

Year	Name and Author
1778	Aporrhais da Costa
1895	Aporrhais Stanton p. 72
2001	Aporrhais Wienrich p. 417
2002	Aporrhais Harzhauser p. 84
2002	Aporrhais Sepkoski, Jr.
2009	Aporrhais Kollmann p. 51

References

Sepkoski, Jr. J. J. (2002) A compendium of fossil marine animal genera, Bulletins of American Paleontology 363, 1-560

Stanton T. W. Contributions to the Cretaceous paleontology of the Pacific coast. : The fauna of the Knoxville, Bulletin of the United States Geological Survey 133, 1-132 doi:10.3133/b133

Wienrich G. (2001) Die Fauna des marinen Miozäns von Kevelaer (Niederrhein), Gastropoda bis Cancellariidae 3, 385-639

Harzhauser M. (2002) Marine und brachyhaline Gastropoden aus dem Karpatium des Korneubuger Beckens und der Kreuzstettener Bucht (Österreich, Untermiozän), Beiträge zur Paläontologie 27, 61-159

Kollmann H. A. (2009) A Late Cretaceous Aporrhaidae-dominated gastropod assemblage from the Gosau Group of the Pletzach Alm near Kramsach (Tyrol, Austria). With an appendix on the taxonomy of Mesozoic Aporrhaidae and their position in the superfamily Stromboidea, Annalen des Naturhistorischen Museums in Wien. Serie A für Mineralogie und Petrographie, Geologie und Paläontologie, Anthropologie und Prähistorie 111 A, 33-71

Karlsson, Anna (2004) Mollusker - via Dyntaxa. Svensk taxonomisk databas

Turgeon, D. D., J. F. Quinn, Jr., A. E. Bogan, E. V. Coan, F. G. Hochberg, W. G. Lyons, et al., 1998: Common and scientific names of aquatic invertebrates from the United States and Canada: Mollusks, 2nd ed.. American Fisheries Society Special Publication 26. 526. - via Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS)

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). - via World Register of Marine Species

Gofas, S.; Le Renard, J.; Bouchet, P. (2001). Mollusca. in: Costello, M.J. et al. (eds), European Register of Marine Species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Patrimoines Naturels. 50: 180-213. - via World Register of Marine Species

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 - via World Register of Marine Species

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. - via World Register of Marine Species

Aphia2006 - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera

CoL2006 - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera

Nomenclator Zoologicus. A list of the names of genera and subgenera in zoology from the tenth edition of Linnaeus, 1758 to the end of 2004. Digitised by uBio from vols. 1-9 of Neave (ed.), 1939-1996 plus supplementary digital-only volume. http://ubio.org/NomenclatorZoologicus (as at 2006). - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera

Sepkoski, J. J., Jr. (2002). A compendium of fossil marine animal genera. Bulletins of American Paleontology. 363, 1-560. - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera

WoRMS (Mar 2013) - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera

Brit. Conch. - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera

SN2000/Ruppert et al., 2004 - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera

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