Aphera
| Aphera | |
|---|---|
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| Apertural view of shell of Aphera tessellata (Sowerby, 1832) | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| (unranked): | clade Caenogastropoda clade Hypsogastropoda clade Neogastropoda |
| Superfamily: | Cancellarioidea |
| Family: | Cancellariidae |
| Genus: | Aphera H. Adams & A. Adams, 1854 |
Aphera is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Cancellariidae, the nutmeg snails.[1]
Species
Species within the genus Aphera include:
- Aphera islacolonis (Maury, 1917)[2]
- Aphera lindae Petuch, 1987[3]
- Aphera tessellata (G.B. Sowerby I, 1832a)[4]
References
- ↑ Aphera H. Adams & A. Adams, 1854. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 17 March 2011.
- ↑ Aphera islacolonis (Maury, 1917). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 13 April 2010.
- ↑ Aphera lindae Petuch, 1987. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 13 April 2010.
- ↑ Aphera tessellata (G.B. Sowerby I, 1832a). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 13 April 2010.
- Hemmen J. (2007). Recent Cancellariidae. Wiesbaden, 428pp
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