Aporrhais is a genus of medium-sized sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Aporrhaidae and the superfamily Stromboidea.WoRMS : Aporrhais; accessed : 28 October 2010
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.Fossilworks(in Czech) Pek I., Vašíček Z., Roček Z., Hajn. V. & Mikuláš R.: Základy zoopaleontologie. - Olomouc, 1996. 264 pp., .
Species This genus contains the following species: Aporrhais alata (Eichwald, 1830) † Aporrhais analoga (Deshayes, 1865) † Aporrhais arabica Abbass, 1977 † Aporrhais biangulata (Meek & Hayden, 1856) † Aporrhais callosa (Telegdi-Roth, 1914) † † Aporrhais clarendonensis Wrigley, 1938 † Aporrhais cornuta Korobkov, 1949 † Aporrhais cornutus (Alekseev, 1963) † Aporrhais dactylifera (O. Boettger, 1902) †Aporrhais dingdenensis Marquet 2002 † Aporrhais dispar (Deshayes, 1865) † Aporrhais drachuki Saul, 1998 Aporrhais elegantissima Parenzan, 1970 † Aporrhais etrusca Brunetti & Forli, 2013 † Aporrhais gracilis Koenen, 1885 † Aporrhais haeringensis (Gümbel, 1861) † Aporrhais heberti (Deshayes, 1865) † Aporrhais hupei (Mayer, 1857) † Aporrhais meridionalis (Basterot, 1825) † Aporrhais monodactylus K. Martin, 1884 † Aporrhais peralata (Sacco, 1893) Aporrhais pesgallinae Barnard, 1963 Aporrhais pespelecani (Linnaeus, 1758), common pelican's foot † Aporrhais pliorara (Sacco, 1893) † Aporrhais proalata (Sacco, 1893) † Aporrhais pugens Wollemann 1908 Aporrhais senegalensis Gray, 1838 Aporrhais serresiana (Michaud, 1828) † Aporrhais siberica Wieneke & Trubin, 2024 † Aporrhais sowerbii (J. Fleming, 1828) † Aporrhais speciosa Schlotheim 1820 † Aporrhais uttingeriana (Risso, 1826) Stromboidea † Aporrhais volkovi Zhizhchenko, 1959
Synonyms † Aporrhais alatus (Eichwald, 1830) : synonym of † Aporrhais alata (Eichwald, 1830) (incorrect grammatical agreement of specific epithet) Aporrhais aldrovandi Capellini, 1860: synonym of Aporrhais pespelecani (Linnaeus, 1758) † Aporrhais angulata Gabb, 1864: synonym of † Anchura angulata (Gabb, 1864) † Aporrhais castexi Magne, 1952: synonym of † Aporrhais meridionalis (Basterot, 1825) (junior subjective synonym) † Aporrhais conemenosi Monterosato, 1890: synonym of Aporrhais pespelecani (Linnaeus, 1758) † Aporrhais cornutus Korobkov, 1949: synonym of † Aporrhais cornuta Korobkov, 1949 (incorrect grammatical agreement of specific epithet) † Aporrhais decemlirata Conrad, 1858: synonym of † Graciliala decemlirata (Conrad, 1858) (superseded combination) † Aporrhais decoratus Locard, 1889: synonym of † Drepanochilus decoratus (Locard, 1889) (superseded combination) † Aporrhais ebrayi de Loriol, 1882: synonym of † Ceratosiphon ebrayi (de Loriol, 1882) (superseded combination) † Aporrhais falciformis Gabb, 1864: synonym of † Anchura falciformis (Gabb, 1864) Aporrhais francheti Rochebrune, 1883: synonym of Aporrhais senegalensis Gray, 1838 †Aporrhais gregaria Wilckens, 1905: synonym of † Austroaporrhais gregaria (Wilckens, 1905) (superseded combination) † Aporrhais koeneni Grönwall & Harder, 1907: synonym of † Drepanochilus koeneni (Grönwall & Harder, 1907) (superseded combination) † Aporrhais longispina Andert, 1934: synonym of † Anchura longispina (Andert, 1934) Aporrhais macandreae Jeffreys, 1867: synonym of Aporrhais serresianus (Michaud, 1828) Aporrhais michaudi Locard, 1890: synonym of Aporrhais pespelecani (Linnaeus, 1758) † Aporrhais obtusa F.-J. Pictet & Campiche, 1864: synonym of † Drepanochilus obtusus (F.-J. Pictet & Campiche, 1864) (superseded combination) Aporrhais occidentalis Beck, 1836 : synonym of Arrhoges occidentalis (Beck, 1836) Aporrhais pelecanipes Locard, 1892: synonym of Aporrhais pespelecani (Linnaeus, 1758) † Aporrhais pescarbonis (Brongniart, 1823) sensu Forbes & Hanley, 1853: synonym of Aporrhais serresiana (Michaud, 1828) (misapplication, misapplication) 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 sublevis Meek & Hayden, 1860: synonym of † Drepanochilus sublevis (Meek & Hayden, 1860) (superseded combination) † Aporrhais tannenbergica Frič, 1897: synonym of † Latiala tannenbergica (Frič, 1897) (superseded combination) † 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, , Pl. I-XVII. London. (Millan, White, Emsley & Robson)