Antistreptus

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Antistreptus
Shell of Antistreptus magellanicus
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Family: Prosiphonidae
Genus: Antistreptus
Dall, 1902

Antistreptus is a genus of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Prosiphonidae, the true whelks.[1]

(Original description) The shell is small, exhibiting the general form of Anachis, and is sinistral, but possesses a dextral nucleus. The operculum is as in Trophon. [2]

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