Biology:Arrhoges

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Arrhoges is a genus of medium-sized sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Aporrhaidae and the superfamily Stromboidea.[1]

Description

(Original description) The shell is fusiform. The anterior canal is nearly obsolete, and there is no posterior canal. The outer lip is expanded and simple. [2]

Species

This genus contains the following species:

  • Arrhoges granocarinatus Traub, 1938
  • Arrhoges montensis É. Vincent, 1930
  • Arrhoges occidentalis (Beck, 1836)
  • Arrhoges paleocaenica Rosenkrantz, 1970
  • Arrhoges pauperatus (A. d'Orbigny, 1843)
Synonyms
  • Arrhoges haastianus Wilckens, 1922: synonym of † Struthioptera haastiana (Wilckens, 1922)

References

  1. WoRMS : Arrhoges; accessed : 28 October 2010
  2. Gabb, W.M. (1868). "An attempt at the revision of the two families Strombidae and Aporrhaidae.". American Journal of Conchology. 4 (3): 145. https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/16070244. Retrieved 7 December 2025.  This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain:

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