Periapta
Genus of sea snails
| Periapta | |
|---|---|
 | |
| Shell of Periapta polygyrella (holotype at MNHN, Paris) | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
| Superfamily: | Epitonioidea |
| Family: | Epitoniidae |
| Genus: | Periapta Bouchet & Warén, 1986 |
| Type species | |
| Scalaria polygyrella Fischer P. in Locard, 1897 | |
Periapta is a genus of small sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Epitoniidae, commonly known as wentletraps.[1]
Species
- Periapta gracilis (Verrill, 1880)
- Periapta polygyrella (P. Fischer in Locard, 1897)
- Periapta siapnoi (DuShane, 1977)
- Periapta weili García, 2003
References
- ^ a b MolluscaBase eds. (2021). MolluscaBase. Periapta Bouchet & Warén, 1986. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=137951 on 2021-12-25
- Locard, A., 1897 Mollusques testacés. In: Expéditions scientifiques du Travailleur et du Talisman pendant les années 1880, 1881, 1882, 1883, vol. 1, p. 516 p, 22 pls
External links
Media related to Periapta at Wikimedia Commons- Bouchet, P. & Warén, A. (1986). Revision of the Northeast Atlantic bathyal and abyssal Aclididae Eulimidae, Epitonidae (Mollusca, Gastropoda). Bollettino Malacologico. suppl. 2: 297-576
- Gofas, S.; Le Renard, J.; Bouchet, P. (2001). Mollusca. in: Costello, M.J. et al. (eds), European Register of Marine Species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Patrimoines Naturels. 50: 180-213.
