Aliceia
Genus of gastropods
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Aliceia is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Raphitomidae.[1]
| Aliceia | |
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| Shell of Aliceia sp. (museum specimen in MNHN, Paris) | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
| Order: | Neogastropoda |
| Superfamily: | Conoidea |
| Family: | Raphitomidae |
| Genus: | Aliceia Dautzenberg & Fischer, 1897 |
| Type species | |
| Aliceia aenigmatica Dautzenberg & H. Fischer, 1897 | |
| Species | |
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The taxonomic position of Aliceia is rather uncertain. It may as well belong to the family Turridae (resembling genus Lucerapex) or to the family Clathurellidae (resembling Pleurotomoides or Famelica). The species Thatcheriasyrinx sp. Kay, 1979 may also belong to Aliceia.[2]
Species
Species within the genus Aliceia include:
- Aliceia aenigmatica Dautzenberg & Fischer H., 1897[3]
- Aliceia okutanii Sasaki & Warén, 2007[4]
- Aliceia simplicissima (Thiele, 1925)[5]
