Aporrhais

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

The genus is known from the Triassic to the Recent periods (age range: 205.6 to 0.0 million years ago). Fossils of species within this genus have been found all over the world.

Species
This genus contains the following extant species:
 * Aporrhais elegantissima Parenzan, 1970
 * Aporrhais pesgallinae Barnard, 1963
 * Aporrhais pespelecani (Linnaeus, 1758), common pelican's foot
 * Aporrhais senegalensis Gray, 1838
 * Aporrhais serresiana (Michaud, 1828)

Extinct species within this genus include:
 * †Aporrhais dingdenensis Marquet 2002
 * † Aporrhais peralata (Sacco, 1893)
 * † Aporrhais pliorara (Sacco, 1893)
 * †Aporrhais pugens Wollemann 1908
 * †Aporrhais speciosa Schlotheim 1820
 * †Aporrhais uttingeriana (Risso, 1826)


 * Species brought into synonymy:
 * Aporrhais aldrovandi Capellini, 1860 : synonym of Aporrhais pespelecani (Linnaeus, 1758)
 * † Aporrhais angulata Gabb, 1864 : synonym of † Anchura angulata (Gabb, 1864)
 * Aporrhais francheti Rochebrune, 1883 : synonym of Aporrhais senegalensis Gray, 1838
 * Aporrhais macandreae Jeffreys, 1867 : synonym of Aporrhais serresianus (Michaud, 1828)
 * Aporrhais michaudi Locard, 1890 : synonym of Aporrhais pespelecani (Linnaeus, 1758)
 * Aporrhais occidentalis Beck, 1836 : synonym of Arrhoges occidentalis (Beck, 1836)
 * Aporrhais pelecanipes Locard, 1892 : synonym of Aporrhais pespelecani (Linnaeus, 1758)
 * Aporrhais pes-gallinae Barnard : synonym of Aporrhais pesgallinae Barnard, 1963
 * Aporrhais pespelicani (Linnaeus, 1758) : synonym of Aporrhais pespelecani (Linnaeus, 1758)
 * Aporrhais quadrifidus da Costa, 1778 : synonym of Aporrhais pespelecani (Linnaeus, 1758)
 * Aporrhais sarsii Kobelt, 1908 : synonym of Aporrhais serresianus (Michaud, 1828)
 * Aporrhais serreseanus [sic]: synonym of Aporrhais serresianus (Michaud, 1828)
 * † Aporrhais vetus Packard, 1922 : synonym of † Alarimella veta (Packard, 1922)