''Parasyrinx'' 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 extinct
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 unassigned in the
superfamily Conoidea
Conoidea is a Taxonomic rank, superfamily of predatory sea snails, marine (ocean), marine gastropod Mollusc, mollusks within the suborder Hypsogastropoda. This superfamily is a very large group of marine mollusks, estimated at 340 recent valid gen ...
.
[MolluscaBase eds. (2022). MolluscaBase. Parasyrinx Finlay, 1924 †. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=828273 on 2023-01-03]
Species
Species within the genus ''Parasyrinx'' include:
* † ''
Parasyrinx alta''
(G. F. Harris, 1897)
* † ''
Parasyrinx anomala''
(Powell, 1942)
* † ''
Parasyrinx powelli''
P. A. Maxwell, 1992
* † ''
Parasyrinx subalta''
(P. Marshall & Murdoch, 1919)
;Synonyms:
* † ''Parasyrinx (Lirasyrinx) powelli''
P. A. Maxwell, 1992: synonym of †
Parasyrinx powelli P. A. Maxwell, 1992
* † ''Parasyrinx finlayi''
R. S. Allan, 1926: synonym of † ''
Cochlespira maorum''
(P. Marshall & Murdoch, 1923)
References
External links
Finlay H. J. (1924). The molluscan fauna of Target Gully: Part 1. Transactions of the New Zealand Institute. 55: 495-516Powell, A. W. B. (1942). The New Zealand Recent and fossil Mollusca of the family Turridae with general notes on turrid nomenclature and systematics. Bulletin of the Auckland Institute and Museum. 2: 1-188, 14 pls.
Conoidea
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