Ancistrolepis is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod molluscs in the family Buccinidae, the true whelks.[1]
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
| Order: | Neogastropoda |
| Family: | Buccinidae |
| Subfamily: | Parancistrolepidinae |
| Genus: | Ancistrolepis Dall, 1894 |
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Species
Species within the genus Ancistrolepis include:
- Ancistrolepis californicus Dall, 1919
- Ancistrolepis eucosmius (Dall, 1891)
- Ancistrolepis grammatus (Dall, 1907)
- Ancistrolepis hikidai Kuroda, 1944
- Ancistrolepis kawamurai Habe & Ito, 1972
- Ancistrolepis okhotensis Dall, 1925
- Ancistrolepis vietnamensis Sirenko & Goryachev, 1990
Subgenera formerly placed in Ancistrolepis:
- Ancistrolepis (Clinopegma) elevated to Clinopegma Grant & Gale, 1931
- Ancistrolepis (Japelion) elevated to Japelion Dall, 1916
Species formerly placed in Ancistrolepis:
- Ancistrolepis beringianus is a synonym of Neancistrolepis beringianus (Dall, 1919)
- Ancistrolepis damon is a synonym of Clinopegma magnum damon (Dall, 1907)
- Ancistrolepis decora is a synonym of Clinopegma decora (Dall, 1925)
- Ancistrolepis (Clinopegma) decora is a synonym of Clinopegma decora (Dall, 1925)
- Ancistrolepis fujitai is a synonym of Parancistrolepis fujitai (Kuroda, 1931)
- Ancistrolepis hiranoi is a synonym of Parancistrolepis fujitai (Kuroda, 1931)
- Ancistrolepis latus is a synonym of Japelion latus (Dall, 1918)
- Ancistrolepis magna is a synonym of Clinopegma magnum (Dall, 1895)
- Ancistrolepis sasakii is a synonym of Clinopegma sasakii Habe & Ito, 1970
- Ancistrolepis trochoideus is a synonym of Bathyancistrolepis trochoideus (Dall, 1907)
References
External links
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