Overview
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A Family in the Kingdom Animalia.
Taxonomy
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The Family Aporrhaidae is a member of the Superfamily Stromboidea. Here is the complete "parentage" of Aporrhaidae:
- Domain: Eukaryota
Whittaker & Margulis,1978 - eukaryotes
- Kingdom: Animalia
C. Linnaeus, 1758 - animals
- Subkingdom: Bilateria
(Hatschek, 1888) Cavalier-Smith, 1983 - bilaterians
- Branch: Protostomia
Grobben, 1908 - protostomes
- Infrakingdom: Lophotrochozoa
- Lophotrochozoans
- Superphylum: Eutrochozoa
- Phylum: Mollusca
(C. Linnaeus, 1758) Cuvier, 1795 - Molluscs
- Class: Gastropoda
Cuvier, 1795 - Snails and Slugs
- Subclass: Orthogastropoda
Ponder & Lindberg, 1996
- Superorder: Caenogastropoda
Cox, 1960
- Order: Sorbeoconcha
Ponder & Lindberg, 1997
- Suborder: Hypsogastropoda
Ponder & Lindberg, 1997
- Infraorder: Littorinimorpha
Golikov & Starobogatov, 1975
- Superfamily: Stromboidea
C.S. Rafinesque, 1815
- Family: Aporrhaidae J.E. Gray, 1850 - Pelican-Foot Snails
- Superfamily: Stromboidea
C.S. Rafinesque, 1815
- Infraorder: Littorinimorpha
Golikov & Starobogatov, 1975
- Suborder: Hypsogastropoda
Ponder & Lindberg, 1997
- Order: Sorbeoconcha
Ponder & Lindberg, 1997
- Superorder: Caenogastropoda
Cox, 1960
- Subclass: Orthogastropoda
Ponder & Lindberg, 1996
- Class: Gastropoda
Cuvier, 1795 - Snails and Slugs
- Phylum: Mollusca
(C. Linnaeus, 1758) Cuvier, 1795 - Molluscs
- Superphylum: Eutrochozoa
- Infrakingdom: Lophotrochozoa
- Lophotrochozoans
- Branch: Protostomia
Grobben, 1908 - protostomes
- Subkingdom: Bilateria
(Hatschek, 1888) Cavalier-Smith, 1983 - bilaterians
- Kingdom: Animalia
C. Linnaeus, 1758 - animals
The Family Aporrhaidae is further organized into finer groupings including:
- Subfamily (2): Aporrhainae · Arrhoginae
- Genus (15): Aporrhais · Arrhoges · Chenopus · Dicroloma · Drepanocheilus · Drepanochilus · Ectinochilus · Perissoptera · Peruchilus · Pietteia · Quadrinervus · Spinigera · Struthiochenopus · Struthioptera · Tessarolax
- Species: ZipcodeZoo has pages for 110 species and subspecies in the Family Aporrhaidae.
Genera
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Aporrhais
Aporrhais is a genus of medium-sized sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Aporrhaidae and the superfamily Stromboidea. [more]
Arrhoges
Chenopus
Dicroloma
Drepanocheilus
Drepanochilus
Ectinochilus
Perissoptera
Peruchilus
Pietteia
Quadrinervus
Spinigera
Struthiochenopus
Struthioptera
Tessarolax
At least 6 species and subspecies belong to the Genus Tessarolax.
More info about the Genus Tessarolax may be found here.
Sources
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