''Aeneator'' is a

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Description

''Aeneator'' is a genus of small to medium sized marine snails. Powell A. W. B., ''New Zealand Mollusca'', William Collins Publishers Ltd, Auckland, New Zealand 1979 Large shells and fossils of ''Aeneator'' can sometimes be confused with those of ''

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Distribution

Most extant species of ''Aeneator'' are found around

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,Juan Francisco Araya, A new species of Aeneator Finlay, 1926 (Mollusca, Gastropoda, Buccinidae) from northern Chile, with comments on the genus and a key to the Chilean species; ZooKeys 257: 89–101, doi: 10.3897/zookeys.257.4446
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. Stilwell, J.D., Zinsmeister, W.J. 1992. Molluscan systematics and biostratigraphy, lower Tertiary La Meseta Formation, Seymour Island, Antarctic Peninsula. American Geophysical Union Antarctica Research Series 55: 126-128. DOI: 10.1029/AR055
Numerous fossil species are also described from New Zealand.

Evolution

''Aeneator'' is closely related to the genus '' Buccinulum''.

Species

Species in the genus ''Aeneator'' include: *

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''(Ellicea) Aeneator antorbitus'' ( Fleming, 1955) * '' Aeneator attenuatus'' ( Powell, 1927) * '' Aeneator benthicolus'' (

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, 1963) * '' Aeneator castillai'' (H. S. Mclean & Andrade, 1982) * '' Aeneator comptus'' (

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''(Ellicea) Aeneator conformatus'' ( Marwick, 1931) *

'' Aeneator delicatulus'' ( Powell, 1929) * '' Aeneator elegans'' (

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, 1917) *'' Aenator fontainei'' (d'Orbigny, 1841) * '' Aeneator galatheae'' ( Powell, 1958) *

''(Ellicea) Aeneator henchmani'' ( Marwick, 1926) *

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, 1930) * '' Aeneator loisae'' (Rehder, 1971) *

'' Aeneator marshalli marshalli'' (R. Murdoch, 1924) ** ''

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, 1956) * '' Aeneator martae'' (Araya, 2013) *

'' Aeneator nothopanax'' ( Fleming, 1954) *

''(Ellicea) Aeneator orbitus'' ( Hutton, 1885) * '' Aeneator otagoensis'' (

, 1930) * '' Aeneator portentosus'' (Fraussen & Sellanes, 2008) *

''(Ellicea) Aeneator perobtusus'' ( Fleming, 1943) *

'' Aeneator problematicus'' ( Fleming, 1943) * '' Aeneator prognaviter'' (Fraussen & Sellanes, 2008) * '' Aeneator recens'' (

, 1951) *

'' Aeneator thomsoni'' ( Marwick, 1924) *

'' Aeneator valedictus'' (Watson, 1886) *

''(Ellicea) Aeneator validus'' ( Marwick, 1928) *

''(Ellicea) Aeneator wairoanus'' ( Marwick, 1965) *

''(Ellicea) Aeneator willetti'' ( Fleming, 1955) ;Species brought into synonymy: * ''Aeneator benthicola'' ic synonym of '' Aeneator benthicolus'' Dell, 1963 * † ''Aeneator huttoni'' Stilwell & Zinsmeister, 1992: synonym of † '' Prosipho stilwelli'' Beu, 2009 * ''Aeneator valedicta'' ic: synonym of '' Aeneator valedictus'' (Watson, 1886)

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