Iphitus (gastropod)

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Iphitus
Iphitus escondida (MNHN-IM-2000-32511).jpeg
Shell of Iphitus escondida (specimen at MNHN, Paris)
Scientific classification e
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Superfamily: Epitonioidea
Family: Epitoniidae
Genus: Iphitus
Jeffreys, 1883
Type species
Iphitus tuberatus
Jeffreys, 1883
Synonyms
  • Iphitella Thiele, 1925 (Unnecessary replacement)
  • Sculptifer Beu & Climo, 1974
  • Stylotrochus Seguenza, 1876 (Invalid: junior homonym of Haeckel, 1862)

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

Species[]

Species within the genus Iphitus include:

  • Iphitus boucheti Poppe & Tagaro, 2016
  • Dautzenberg & H. Fischer, 1896
  • L. G. Brown, 2019
  • Iphitus escondida Poppe & Tagaro, 2016
  • (Dell, 1956)
  • Pimenta, Andrade & Absalão, 2018
  • Sabelli & Taviani, 1997
  • (Seguenza, 1876)
  • Jeffreys, 1883
  • L. G. Brown, 2019
Species brought into synonymy
  • Iphitus marshalli (Sykes, 1925): synonym of Iphitus tenuisculptus (Seguenza, 1876)
  • Iphitus reticulatus Dall, 1927: synonym of Iphitus cancellatus Dautzenberg & H. Fischer, 1896
  • Iphitus tenerrimus Dautzenberg & Fischer H., 1896: synonym of (Dautzenberg & H. Fischer, 1896)
  • Iphitus tuberculatus Watson, 1886: synonym of (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

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