''Erginus'' 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,
true limpet
The Patellogastropoda, common name true limpets and historically called the Docoglossa, are members of a major phylogenetic group of marine gastropods, treated by experts either as a clade or as a taxonomic order.
The clade Patellogastropoda is ...
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
Family (from ) is a Social group, group of people related either by consanguinity (by recognized birth) or Affinity (law), affinity (by marriage or other relationship). It forms the basis for social order. Ideally, families offer predictabili ...
Erginidae.
Species
Species within the genus ''Erginus'' include:
* ''
Erginus galkini''
Chernyshev & Chernova, 2002
* ''
Erginus rubellus''
(Fabricius O., 1780)
;Species brought into synonymy:
* ''Erginus apicinus''
(Dall, 1879): synonym of ''
Problacmaea apicina''
(Dall, 1879)
* ''Erginus moskalevi''
(Golikov & Kussakin, 1972): synonym of ''
Problacmaea moskalevi''
Golikov & Kussakin, 1972
* ''Erginus puniceus''
Lindberg, 1988: synonym of ''Erginus sybariticus''
(Dall, 1871): synonym of ''Erginus sybariticus''
(Dall, 1871): synonym of ''
Problacmaea sybaritica''
(Dall, 1871)
* ''Erginus sybariticus''
(Dall, 1871):
synonym of ''
Problacmaea sybaritica''
(Dall, 1871)
References
* Chernyshev, A.V. (2018). Erginidae fam. nov. (Patellogastropoda) – a new family of limpets. Bulletin of the Russian Far East Malacological Society. 22(1–2): 63-68
External links
Jeffreys, J.G. (1877). New and peculiar Mollusca of the Patellidae and other families of Gastropoda procured in the Valorous expedition. Annals and Magazine of Natural History. ser. 4, 19: 231-243
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Erginidae
Gastropod genera