''Shinkailepas'' is a

genus Genus ( plural genera ) is a taxonomic rank used in the biological classification of living and fossil organisms as well as viruses. In the hierarchy of biological classification, genus comes above species and below family. In binomial n ...

of sea snails or false

limpet Limpets are a group of aquatic snails that exhibit a conical gastropod shell, shell shape (patelliform) and a strong, muscular foot. Limpets are members of the class Gastropoda, but are polyphyletic, meaning the various groups called "limpets" ...

s, marine gastropod

mollusk Mollusca is the second-largest phylum of invertebrate animals after the Arthropoda, the members of which are known as molluscs or mollusks (). Around 85,000 extant species of molluscs are recognized. The number of fossil species is es ...

s in the

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Phenacolepadidae Phenacolepadidae is a family of small sea snails or false limpets, marine gastropod mollusks in the clade Cycloneritimorpha (according to the taxonomy of the Gastropoda by Bouchet & Rocroi, 2005). This family has no subfamilies according to the ...

Species

Species within the genus ''Shinkailepas'' include: * '' Shinkailepas briandi'' Warén & Bouchet, 2001 * '' Shinkailepas kaikatensis'' Okutani, Saito & Hashimoto, 1989 * '' Shinkailepas mojinensis'' Sasaki, Okutani & Fujikura, 2003 * '' Shinkailepas myojinensis'' Sasaki, Okutani & Fujikura, 2003 * '' Shinkailepas tufari'' L. Beck, 1992

References

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