Altrix

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

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

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. 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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