Iphitus (gastropod)

Iphitus
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
(unranked):	clade Caenogastropoda clade Hypsogastropoda informal group Ptenoglossa
Superfamily:	Epitonioidea
Family:	Nystiellidae
Genus:	Iphitus Jeffreys, 1883
Type species
Iphitus tuberatus Jeffreys, 1883
Species
See text
Synonyms
Iphitella Thiele, 1925 (Unnecessary replacement) Sculptifer Beu & Climo, 1974 Stylotrochus Seguenza, 1876 (Invalid: junior homonym of Stylotrochus Haeckel, 1862)

Iphitus is a genus of small sea snails, marine gastropods in the family Nystiellidae of the superfamily Epitonioidea, the wentletraps, the purple snails, and their allies. ^[1]

Species

Species within the genus Iphitus include:

• Iphitus cancellatus Dautzenberg & H. Fischer, 1896
• Iphitus marshalli (Sykes, 1925)
• Iphitus neozelanicus (Dell, 1956)
• Iphitus robertsi Sabelli & Taviani, 1997
• Iphitus tuberatus Jeffreys, 1883

Species brought into synonymy

• Iphitus reticulatus Dall, 1927: synonym of Iphitus cancellatus Dautzenberg & H. Fischer, 1896
• Iphitus tenerrimus Dautzenberg & Fischer H., 1896: synonym of Alora tenerrima (Dautzenberg & H. Fischer, 1896)
• Iphitus tuberculatus Watson, 1886: synonym of Sansonia tuberculata (Watson, 1886)

References

1. Gofas, S.; Bouchet, P. (2014). Iphitus Jeffreys, 1883. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=137946 on 2014-12-31

• Marinespecies

External links

• Jeffreys J.G. 1883. On the Mollusca procured during the 'Lightning' and 'Porcupine' expeditions 1868-70. (Part VI). Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London, 1882: 88-149, pl. 19, 20