Biology:Altrix

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Short description: Genus of gastropods

Altrix
Scientific classification e
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Vetigastropoda
Order: Lepetellida
Family: Fissurellidae
Subfamily: Emarginulinae
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 Moluccan homonyms". Journal of Paleontology 16 (5): 674. 
  2. 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 McLean, James H.; Geiger, Daniel L. (1998). "New genera and species having the Fissurisepta shell form, with a generic level phylogenetic analysis (Gastropoda: Fissurellidae)". Contributions in Science (Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County) 475: 1–32. doi:10.5962/p.208103. http://www.nhm.org/site/sites/default/files/pdf/contrib_science/CS475.pdf. Retrieved 31 July 2017. 
  3. Altrix trifolium (Dall, 1881). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 21 January 2011.

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