Ancistrolepis

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Ancistrolepis
Ancistrolepis grammatus shell and operculum
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Family: Tudiclidae
Subfamily: Parancistrolepidinae
Genus: Ancistrolepis
Dall, 1894
Synonyms
  • Chrysodomus (Ancistrolepis)
    Dall, 1895

Ancistrolepis is a

molluscs in the family Buccinidae, the true whelks.[1]

Species

Species within the genus Ancistrolepis include:

Subgenera formerly placed in Ancistrolepis:

  • Ancistrolepis (Clinopegma) elevated to Clinopegma Grant & Gale, 1931
  • Ancistrolepis (Japelion) elevated to Japelion Dall, 1916

Species formerly placed in Ancistrolepis:

References

  1. ^ Ancistrolepis Dall, 1894. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 24 January 2022.

External links

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