Iphitus (gastropod)

Iphitus is a genus of small sea snails, marine gastropods in the family Nystiellidae of the superfamily Epitonioidea, the wentletraps, the purple snails, and their allies.[1]

Iphitus
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Mollusca
Class:
Gastropoda
(unranked):
clade Caenogastropoda
clade Hypsogastropoda
informal group Ptenoglossa
Superfamily:
Epitonioidea
Family:
Nystiellidae
Genus:
Iphitus

Jeffreys, 1883
Type species
Iphitus tuberatus Jeffreys, 1883
Species

See text

Synonyms
  • Iphitella Thiele, 1925 (Unnecessary replacement)
  • Sculptifer Beu & Climo, 1974
  • Stylotrochus Seguenza, 1876 (Invalid: junior homonym of Stylotrochus Haeckel, 1862)

Species

Species within the genus Iphitus include:

  • Iphitus cancellatus Dautzenberg & H. Fischer, 1896
  • Iphitus marshalli (Sykes, 1925)
  • Iphitus neozelanicus (Dell, 1956)
  • Iphitus robertsi Sabelli & Taviani, 1997
  • Iphitus tuberatus Jeffreys, 1883
Species brought into synonymy
  • Iphitus reticulatus Dall, 1927: synonym of Iphitus cancellatus Dautzenberg & H. Fischer, 1896
  • Iphitus tenerrimus Dautzenberg & Fischer H., 1896: synonym of Alora tenerrima (Dautzenberg & H. Fischer, 1896)
  • Iphitus tuberculatus Watson, 1886: synonym of Sansonia tuberculata (Watson, 1886)

References
  1. Gofas, S.; Bouchet, P. (2014). Iphitus Jeffreys, 1883. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=137946 on 2014-12-31


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