''Ancistrosyrinx'' is a
genus
Genus (; : genera ) is a taxonomic rank above species and below family (taxonomy), family as used in the biological classification of extant taxon, living and fossil organisms as well as Virus classification#ICTV classification, viruses. In bino ...
of
sea snail
Sea snails are slow-moving marine (ocean), marine gastropod Mollusca, molluscs, usually with visible external shells, such as whelk or abalone. They share the Taxonomic classification, taxonomic class Gastropoda with slugs, which are distinguishe ...
s, marine
gastropod
Gastropods (), commonly known as slugs and snails, belong to a large Taxonomy (biology), taxonomic class of invertebrates within the phylum Mollusca called Gastropoda ().
This class comprises snails and slugs from saltwater, freshwater, and fro ...
mollusk
Mollusca is a phylum of protostomic invertebrate animals, whose members are known as molluscs or mollusks (). Around 76,000 extant species of molluscs are recognized, making it the second-largest animal phylum after Arthropoda. The ...
s in the
family
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Cochlespiridae
Cochlespiridae is a taxonomic family of predatory sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the superfamily Conoidea.
This family is not well differentiated morphologically, and there is poor congruence between the molecular and shell characters. ...
.
Species
Species within the genus ''Ancistrosyrinx'' include:
* ''
Ancistrosyrinx clytotropis''
(Sykes, 1906)
* † ''
Ancistrosyrinx perspirata''
Koenen, 1865
* † ''
Ancistrosyrinx spirata''
Rouault, 1850
* † ''
Ancistrosyrinx subterebralis''
Reillardi, 1847
* † ''
Ancistrosyrinx terebralis''
Lamarck, 1804
** † ''Ancistrosyrinx terebralis pulcherrima''
Edwards, 1861
;Species brought into synonymy:
* ''Ancistrosyrinx elegans''
Dall, 1881:
synonym of ''
Cochlespira elegans
''Cochlespira elegans'', common name the elegant star turrid, is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Cochlespiridae.
Description
The size of an adult shell varies between 35 mm and 60 mm.
The white shell i ...
''
(Dall, 1881)
* ''Ancistrosyrinx kuroharai''
Kuroda, 1959 : synonym of ''
Cochlespira kuroharai''
(Kuroda, 1959)
* ''Ancistrosyrinx orientis''
Melvill, 1904 : synonym of ''
Thatcheriasyrinx orientis''
(Melvill, 1904)
* ''Ancistrosyrinx pulchella''
Schepman, 1913 : synonym of ''
Cochlespira pulchella''
(Schepman, 1913)
* ''Ancistrosyrinx pulcherrissima''
Kira, 1955 : synonym of ''
Cochlespira pulcherrissima''
(Kira, 1955)
References
* Maxime Glibert (1960) "Les Conadea fossiles du Cénozoïque étranger"; Koninklijk Belgisch Instituut voor Natuurwetenschappen; Verhandelingen, tweede reeks, deel 64
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