Aphera is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Cancellariidae, the nutmeg snails.[1]
| Aphera | |
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| Apertural view of shell of Aphera tessellata | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
| Order: | Neogastropoda |
| Family: | Cancellariidae |
| Genus: | Aphera H. Adams & A. Adams, 1854 |
Species
Species within the genus Aphera include:
- † Aphera islacolonis (Maury, 1917)[2]
- Aphera lindae Petuch, 1987[3]
- † Aphera scopalveus Finlay, 1926[4]
- Aphera tessellata (G. B. Sowerby I, 1832)[5]
References
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- Hemmen J. (2007). Recent Cancellariidae. Wiesbaden, 428pp