Common Pelican's Foot
Aporrhais pespelecani
Classification
- Class
- Gastropoda
- Order
- Littorinimorpha
- Family
- Aporrhaidae
Aporrhais pespelecani, common name the "pelican's foot" (or more precisely "common pelican's foot" to distinguish it from congeners), is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Aporrhaidae. Until the early 20th century the scientific name was usually written with a hyphen and spelled "pes-pelicani". [1] Etymology and nomenclature The specific name pespelecani is Latin, and means the same thing as the common name: "pelican's foot".
Aporrhais pespelecani, le Pied de pélican, est une espèce de mollusques gastéropodes marins appartenant à la famille des Aporrhaidae. Au début du XXe siècle le nom scientifique était parfois écrit avec un trait d'union « pes-pelicani » (books. google.
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Distribution
More from the same family
de Serre's Pelican's Foot
Aporrhais serresiana
AporrhaidaeAporrhais scaldensis
Aporrhais scaldensis
AporrhaidaeBOLD:AAJ1874
BOLD:AAJ1874
AporrhaidaeAmerican pelican's foot
Arrhoges occidentalis
AporrhaidaeCommon Bithynia
Bithynia tentaculata
BithyniidaeAlder's Necklace Shell
Euspira nitida
NaticidaeCommon Periwinkle
Littorina littorea
LittorinidaeFlat Periwinkle
Littorina obtusata
Littorinidae