''Shinkailepas'' is a
genus
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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 or false
limpet
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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 ...
mollusc
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s in the
family
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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 th ...
.
Species
Species within the genus ''Shinkailepas'' include:
* ''
Shinkailepas conspira''
L. Beck, 2023
* ''
Shinkailepas kaikatensis
''Shinkailepas kaikatensis'' is a species of sea snail, a false limpet, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Phenacolepadidae.
It was first described by Okutani, Saito and Hashimoto in 1989.
Description
The individuals in the NOAA image are ...
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Okutani, Saito & Hashimoto, 1989
* ''
Shinkailepas myojinensis''
Sasaki, Okutani & Fujikura, 2003
* ''
Shinkailepas tollmanni'' (L. Beck, 1992)
* ''
Shinkailepas tufari''
L. Beck, 1992
;Synonyms:
* ''
Shinkailepas briandi''
Warén & Bouchet, 2001:
synonym of ''
Divia briandi''
(Warén & Bouchet, 2001) (original combination)
References
* Okutani, T. ; Saito, H. ; Hashimoto, J. (1989). A New Neritacean Limpet from a Hydrothermal Vent Site near Ogasawara Islands,Japan. VENUS (The Japanese Journals of Malacology). 48(4): 223-230
* Beck, L. (1992). Two new neritacean limpets (Gastropoda: Prosobranchia: Neritacea: Phenacolepadidae) from active hydrothermal vents at Hydrothermal Field 1 “Wienerwald” in the Manus Back-Arc Basin (Bismarck Sea, Papua-New Guinea). Annalen des Naturhistorischen Museums in Wien, Serie B,. 93: 259–275.
External links
Fukumori H., Yahagi T., Warén A. & Kano Y. (2019). Amended generic classification of the marine gastropod family Phenacolepadidae: transitions from snails to limpets and shallow-water to deep-sea hydrothermal vents and cold seeps. Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society. 185(3): 636-655
Phenacolepadidae
Gastropod genera
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