Periapta

Periapta is a genus of small sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Epitoniidae, commonly known as wentletraps.[1]

Periapta
Shell of Periapta polygyrella (holotype at MNHN, Paris)
Scientific classification Edit this 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

Species

  • Periapta gracilis (Verrill, 1880)
  • Periapta polygyrella (P. Fischer in Locard, 1897)
  • Periapta siapnoi (DuShane, 1977)
  • Periapta weili García, 2003

References

  1. 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


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