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Aporrhainae

Gastropoda - Aporrhaidae

Taxonomy
Aporrhainae was named by Gray (1850) [m. kosnik taxon no: 5437]. It is extant.

It was assigned to Strombacea by Sohl (1964); and to Aporrhaidae by Popenoe (1983), Bouchet et al. (2005), Kollmann (2009) and Saul and Squires (2015).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1850Aporrhainae Gray
1964Aporrhainae Sohl p. 366
1983Aporrhainae Popenoe p. 752
2005Aporrhainae Bouchet et al. p. 250
2009Aporrhainae Kollmann pp. 38. 51
2015Aporrhainae Saul and Squires pp. 41 - 42

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classGastropoda
RankNameAuthor
subclassCaenogastropoda(Cox 1959)
Sorbeoconcha(Ponder and Lindberg 1997)
Hypsogastropoda(Ponder and Lindberg 1997)
superorderLatrogastropodaRiedel 2000
superfamilyStromboidea(Rafinesque 1815)
familyAporrhaidaeGray 1850
subfamilyAporrhainaeGray 1850
subfamilyAporrhainaeGray 1850

If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.

Subfm. Aporrhainae Gray 1850
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G. Aporrhais da Costa 1778
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Subg. Aporrhais (Aporrhais) da Costa 1778
Aporrhais biangulata Meek and Hayden 1856
Aporrhais clarendonensis Wrigley 1938
Aporrhais dingdenensis Marquet 2002
Aporrhais drachuki Saul 1998
Aporrhais dutrugei Coquand 1862
Aporrhais gracilis Koenen 1885
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Invalid names: Aporrhais labradorensis Johnson 1930 [synonym], Aporrhais mainensis Johnson 1926 [synonym]
Aporrhais pespelecani Linnaeus 1758
Aporrhais pugens Wollemann 1908
Aporrhais rapax Böhm 1891
Aporrhais semilaevis von Koenen 1898
Aporrhais sowerbii Fleming 1828
Aporrhais speciosa Schlotheim 1820
Aporrhais uttingeriana Risso 1826
G. †Biculteriala Kollmann 2009
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Biculteriala gratti Kollmann 2009
G. †Dicroloma Gabb 1868
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Dicroloma armata Morris and Lycett 1851
Dicroloma cochleata Quenstedt 1858
Dicroloma dumortieri Piette 1864
Dicroloma eudesii Piette 1864
Dicroloma nudispira Kaim 2004
Dicroloma zelandica Marshall 1919
Invalid names: Alaria Morris and Lycett 1851 [synonym]
G. †Diempterus Piette 1876
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Diempterus bialatus Piette 1856
Diempterus didactylus Hudleston 1888
Diempterus goniatus Hebert and Eudes-Deslongchamps 1860
Diempterus lonqueueanus Piette 1876
G. †Monocuphus Piette 1876
G. †Tessarolax Gabb 1864
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Aporrhais (Tessarolax) ebrayi Pchelintsev 1926
Tessarolax alaskana Saul and Squires 2015
Tessarolax bicarinata Deshayes in Leymerie 1842
Tessarolax bullardi Saul and Squires 2015
Tessarolax distorta Gabb 1864
Tessarolax gabbi Saul and Squires 2015
Tessarolax grahami Saul and Squires 2015
Tessarolax incrustata Anderson and Hanna 1935
Tessarolax louellae Saul and Squires 2015
Tessarolax retusa Sowerby 1836
Tessarolax teleos Saul and Squires 2015
Tessarolax trinalis Murphy and Rodda 1960
G. †Trilemna Blagovetshenskiy and Shumilkin 2006
Diagnosis
ReferenceDiagnosis
H. A. Kollmann 2009Spire high, consisting of angular whorls; labral wing with borad adapical and abapical sinuses; 2 digitations in continuation of the noded angulations of the last whorl, proximal digitations, if present, variably attached to spire; rostrum relatively short (pl. 2, fig. 2)