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Aporrhais senegalensis

Description

Aporrhais senegalensis is a species of medium-sized sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Aporrhaidae, the pelican's foot snails or pelican's foot shells.


Source Data
SourceIDLink
Global Biodiversity Information Facility ID (GBIF)4361148https://www.gbif.org/species/4361148
Rankspecies
Taxonomy (GBIF)Life : Animalia : Mollusca : Gastropoda : Littorinimorpha : Aporrhaidae : Aporrhais : Aporrhais senegalensis
Taxonomic Status (GBIF)accepted
Classification
(GBIF)
RankNameAuthor
-Eukaryota
-OpisthokontaCavalier-Smith 1987
kingdomAnimalia
-Bilateria
-EubilateriaAx 1987
-ProtostomiaGrobben 1908
-Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMolluscaLinnaeus 1758
classGastropodaCuvier 1797
superorderHypsogastropoda
infraorderLittorinimorphaGolikov and Starobogtov 1975
superfamilyStromboidea(Rafinesque 1815)
familyAporrhaidaeGray 1850
subfamilyAporrhainaeGray 1850
genusAporrhaisDa Costa 1778
speciesAporrhais senegalensisGray 1838
Generic NameAporrhais
Scientific NameAporrhais senegalensis Gray, 1838
Name Published InGray J.E. (1838). On some new species of quadrupeds and shells. Annals of Natural History. ser. 1, 1: 27-30.
Wikipediahttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aporrhais_senegalensis

Obsolete Names

NameSourceTaxon RankTaxonomy
Aporrhais francheti Rochebrune, 1883GBIFspeciesAnimalia : Mollusca : Gastropoda : Littorinimorpha : Aporrhaidae : Aporrhais : Aporrhais francheti

References

Gofas, S.; Afonso, J.P.; Brandào, M. (Ed.). (S.a.). Conchas e Moluscos de Angola = Coquillages et Mollusques d'Angola. [Shells and molluscs of Angola]. Universidade Agostinho / Elf Aquitaine Angola: Angola. 140 pp. - via World Register of Marine Species
Bernard, P.A. (Ed.) (1984). Coquillages du Gabon [Shells of Gabon]. Pierre A. Bernard: Libreville, Gabon. 140, 75 plates pp. - via World Register of Marine Species
Rolán E., 2005. Malacological Fauna From The Cape Verde Archipelago. Part 1, Polyplacophora and Gastropoda. - via World Register of Marine Species
Gray J.E. (1838). On some new species of quadrupeds and shells. Annals of Natural History. ser. 1, 1: 27-30. - via World Register of Marine Species
Gofas, S.; Afonso, J.P.; Brandào, M. (Ed.). (S.a.). Conchas e Moluscos de Angola = Coquillages et Mollusques d'Angola. [Shells and molluscs of Angola]. Universidade Agostinho / Elf Aquitaine Angola: Angola. 140 pp. - via Catalogue of Life
Data courtesy of: PBDB: The Paleobiology Database, Creative Commons CC-BY licenced. , GBIF: the Global Biodiversity Information Facility, various licences, iDigBio, various licences, and EOL: The Encyclopedia of Life (Open Data Public Domain). Because fossils are made of minerals too!
 
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