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Aporrhais
Sign in to saveAporrhais is a genus of medium-sized sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Aporrhaidae and the superfamily Stromboidea.
Species
pied-de-pélican
GENUS
- KingdomAnimalia
- PhylumMollusca
- ClassGastropoda
- OrderLittorinimorpha
- FamilyAporrhaidae
Habitatmarine
Observations recorded18,354
via GBIF
Museum specimens
- Specimen records
- 570
- With media
- 70
- Family
- Aporrhaidae
- Collections
- USNM, RBINS-SCIENTIFIC HERITAGE, PRI, YPM
- Recorded in
- United States, Spain, Senegal, Italy, Romania, Mexico
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- taxon
- Parent taxon
- Aporrhaidae
- Image
- Aporrhais pespelecani 01.JPG
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- Commons category
- Aporrhais
- taxon name
- Aporrhais
- taxon rank
- genus
- topic's main category
- Category:Aporrhais
- start time
- 205600000-
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Encyclopedic overview
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Aporrhais is a genus of medium-sized sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Aporrhaidae and the superfamily Stromboidea.
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.
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