Phrontis (gastropod)

Phrontis is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Nassariidae, the Nassa mud snails or dog whelks.[1]

Phrontis
Apertural view of a shell of Phrontis pagoda (museum specimen at Naturalis Biodiversity Center)
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Superfamily: Buccinoidea
Family: Nassariidae
Genus: Phrontis
H. Adams & A. Adams, 1853
Type species
Buccinum tiarula
Kiener, 1841
Species

See text

Synonyms[1]
  • Alectrion (Phrontis) H. Adams & A. Adams, 1853
  • Nassa (Phrontis) H. Adams & A. Adams, 1853
  • Nassarius (Phrontis) H. Adams & A. Adams, 1853

Species

Species within the genus Phrontis include:

Species brought into synonymy
  • Phrontis crassus (Philippi, 1849): synonym of Nassarius semisulcatus (Hombron & Jacquinot, 1848)
  • Phrontis nodicostata (A. Adams, 1852): synonym of Nassarius nodicostatus (A. Adams, 1852)
  • Phrontis obockensis Jousseaume, 1888: synonym of Nassarius deshayesianus (Issel, 1866)

References

  1. {Marshall, B.; Bouchet, P. (2016). Phrontis H. Adams & A. Adams, 1853. In: MolluscaBase (2016). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=560406 on 2016-05-20
  • Galindo L.A., Puillandre N., Utge J., Lozouet P. & Bouchet P. (2016). The phylogeny and systematics of the Nassariidae revisited (Gastropoda, Buccinoidea). Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution. 99: 337-353


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