Aporrhais pesgallinae
| Aporrhais pesgallinae | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
| Order: | Littorinimorpha |
| Family: | Aporrhaidae |
| Genus: | Aporrhais |
| Species: | A. pesgallinae
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| Binomial name | |
| Aporrhais pesgallinae Barnard, 1963
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| Synonyms | |
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Aporrhais pes-gallinae Barnard, 1963 (hyphen not acceptable in specific epithet) | |
Aporrhais pesgallinae is a species of medium-sized sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Aporrhaidae, the pelican's foot snails or pelican's foot shells.[1]
Distribution
Found along the coast of West Africa (Senegal, Ivory Coast, Guinea) and in the South Atlantic Ocean (off Angola, Namibia). [1]
References
- ^ a b Aporrhais pesgallinae Barnard, 1963. 10 October 2025. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species.
- Gofas, S., Afonso, J.P. & Brandào, M. (1985). Conchas e Moluscos de Angola = Coquillages et Mollusques d'Angola. [Shells and molluscs of Angola]. Universidade Agostinho / Elf Aquitaine Angola: Angola. 140 pp. Printed without date
- Wieneke, U. & Liverani, V. (2019). Review of the Recent Endemic West African Aporrhaidae (Gastropoda: Stromboidea), with the re-establishment of Aporrhais elegantissima PARENZAN, 1970 and records of putative hybridization in the genus Aporrhais. Conchylia. 50(1-4), 147-162
External links
- Barnard, K.H. (1963). "Contributions to the knowledge of South African marine Mollusca. Part III. Gastropoda: Prosobranchiata: Taenioglossa". Annals of the South African Museum. 47 (1): 67. Retrieved 10 October 2025.