Altrix

Altrix
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
(unranked): clade Vetigastropoda
Superfamily: Fissurelloidea
Family: Fissurellidae
Genus: Altrix
Palmer, 1942[1]
Synonyms[2]
  • Folia Palmer, 1937
  • Puncturella (Esmeria) Olsson, 1964
  • Puncturella (Altrix) Sohl, 1992

Altrix is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Fissurellidae, the keyhole limpets.[3]

Species

Species within the genus Aktrix include:

  • Altrix trifolium (Dall, 1881)
  • Altrix altior (Meyer & Aldrich, 1886) [2]
  • Altrix leesi (Sohl, 1992) [2]
  • Altrix pacifica (Squires & Goedert, 1996) [2]
  • Altrix palmerae (Olsson, 1964) [2]

References

  1. ↑ Palmer, KatherineV.W. (1942). "Substitutes for Mollucan homonyms". Journal of Paleontology. 16 (5): 674.
  2. 1 2 3 4 5 McLean, James H.; Geiger, Daniel L. , (1998). "New genera and species having the Fissurisepta shell form, with a generic level phylogenetic analysis (Gastropoda: Fissurellidae)" (PDF). Contributions in Science. Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County. 475: 1–32. Retrieved 31 July 2017.
  3. ↑ Altrix trifolium (Dall, 1881).  Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 21 January 2011.


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