Ptychosalpinx

Genus of large sea snails

Ptychosalpinx
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Superfamily: Buccinoidea
Family: incertae sedis
Genus: Ptychosalpinx
Gill, 1867
Type species
Buccinum altile
Conrad, 1832

Ptychosalpinx is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod molluscs in the superfamily Buccinoidea.[1] Some sources place it in the family Buccinidae, the true whelks.[2]

Species

Species within the genus Ptychosalpinx include:[3]

  • Ptychosalpinx altilis † (Conrad, 1832)
  • Ptychosalpinx globulus (Dall, 1889)

References

  1. ^ Ptychosalpinx. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 17 April 2010.
  2. ^ Ptychosalpinx Gill 1867 (true whelk) in Fossilworks
  3. ^ Ptychosalpinx globulus (Dall, 1889). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 17 April 2010.
Taxon identifiers
Ptychosalpinx


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