Apaturris

Apaturris
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Clade:	Caenogastropoda
Clade:	Hypsogastropoda
Clade:	Neogastropoda
Superfamily:	Conoidea
Family:	Borsoniidae
Genus:	Apaturris Iredale, 1917
Type species
Mitromorpha expeditionis Oliver, 1915

Apaturris is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Borsoniidae.^[1]

Species in this genus have a relatively deep anal sinus. ^[2]

Species

Species within the genus Apaturris include:

• Apaturris costifera May, 1920
• Apaturris expeditionis (Oliver, 1915)

Species brought into synonymy

• Apaturris brazieri Hedley, C. 1918: synonym of Scrinium brazieri (Smith, 1891) ^[3]

References

1. Rosenberg, G.; Bouchet, P. (2012). Apaturris. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=435295 on 2012-06-28
2. RN Kilburn, Turridae (Mollusca: Gastropoda) of southern Africa and Mozambique. Part 3. Subfamily Borsoniinae; Annals of the Natal Museum, 1986
3. Hedley, C. 1918. A checklist of the marine fauna of New South Wales. Part 1. Journal and Proceedings of the Royal Society of New South Wales 51: M1-M120

• Tom Iredale (1917), More Molluscan Name-Changes, Generic and Specific; Oxford Journals Science & Mathematics Journal of Molluscan Studies Volume 12, Issue 6 Pp. 322-330

External links

• Bouchet, P.; Kantor, Y. I.; Sysoev, A.; Puillandre, N. (2011). A new operational classification of the Conoidea. Journal of Molluscan Studies. 77, 273-308