Ptychosalpinx is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod molluscs in the superfamily Buccinoidea.[1] Some sources place it in the family Buccinidae, the true whelks.[2]
| Ptychosalpinx | |
|---|---|
Scientific classification  | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
| Order: | Neogastropoda |
| Superfamily: | Buccinoidea |
| Family: | incertae sedis |
| Genus: | Ptychosalpinx Gill, 1867 |
| Type species | |
| † Buccinum altile Conrad, 1832 | |
Species
Species within the genus Ptychosalpinx include:[3]
- Ptychosalpinx altilis † (Conrad, 1832)
- Ptychosalpinx globulus (Dall, 1889)