Amphiplica
| Amphiplica | |
|---|---|
 | |
| Shell of Amphiplica gordensis | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Vetigastropoda |
| Order: | Lepetellida |
| Family: | Pseudococculinidae |
| Genus: | Amphiplica Haszprunar, 1988[1] |
| Type species | |
| Amphiplica venezuelensis J. H. McLean, 1988 | |
Amphiplica is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Pseudococculinidae.[2]
Distribution
[edit]This is a globally an abyssal genus.[3]
Species
[edit]Species within the genus Amphiplica include:
- Amphiplica concentrica (Thiele, 1909)[4]
- Amphiplica gordensis McLean, 1991
- Amphiplica knudseni McLean, 1988
- Amphiplica plutonica Leal & Harasewych, 1999[5]
- Amphiplica venezuelensis McLean, 1988
References
[edit]- ↑ Haszprunar (1988). Zool. Ser. 17(2): 177.
- ↑ Amphiplica Haszprunar, 1988. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 9 February 2013.
- ↑ José H. Leal and M. G. Harasewych, Deepest Atlantic Molluscs: Hadal Limpets (Mollusca, Gastropoda, Cocculiniformia) from the Northern Boundary of the Caribbean Plate, Invertebrate Biology, Vol. 118, No. 2 pp. 116-136
- ↑ Amphiplica concentrica (Thiele, 1909). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 11 April 2010.
- ↑ Amphiplica plutonica Leal & Harasewych, 1999. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 11 April 2010.
- Haszprunar, G. (1988). "Anatomy and affinities of pseudococculinid limpets (Mollusca, Archeogastropoda)". Zoologica Scripta. 17 (2): 177.
- Gofas, S.; Le Renard, J.; Bouchet, P. (2001). Mollusca, in: Costello, M.J. et al. (Ed.) (2001). European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Collection Patrimoines Naturels, 50: pp. 180–213
External links
[edit]- McLean, J.H. (1991). "Four new pseudococculinid limpets collected by the deep-submersible Alvin in the eastern Pacific". The Veliger. 34 (1): 44. Retrieved 18 May 2025.
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