Aporrhais senegalensis
| Aporrhais senegalensis | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
| Order: | Littorinimorpha |
| Family: | Aporrhaidae |
| Genus: | Aporrhais |
| Species: | A. senegalensis
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| Binomial name | |
| Aporrhais senegalensis Gray, 1838
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| Synonyms | |
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Aporrhais francheti Rochebrune, 1883 | |
Aporrhais senegalensis 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]
Description
(Original description) The shell is regular and features spiral striations. The upper whorls exhibit a single central series of small nodules, while the body whorl possesses two subcentral nodule series. A third series of much smaller tubercles is present anterior to (in front of) the main nodules. The outer lip is characterized by two sharp, expanded lobes.[2]
Distribution
This marine species occurs off West Africa.
References
- ^ Aporrhais senegalensis Gray, 1838. 10 October 2025. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species.
- ^ Gray, J.E. (1838). "On some new species of quadrupeds and shells". Annals of Natural History. 1 (1): 27. Retrieved 10 October 2025. This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.
- 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.
- Rolán E. (2005). Malacological Fauna From The Cape Verde Archipelago. Part 1, Polyplacophora and Gastropoda. ConchBooks. Hackenheim. ISBN 3-325319-73-2. 455 pp
- Bernard P.A. (1984). Coquillages du Gabon [Shells of Gabon]. Pierre A. Bernard: Libreville, Gabon. 140 pp, 75 plates, illus.
- 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
- Rochebrune, A. -T. de (1883). "Diagnoses de mollusques nouveaux propres à la Sénégambie". Bulletin de la Société Philomathique de Paris. 7: 178. Retrieved 10 October 2025.
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