Aptyxis
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| Aptyxis | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
| Order: | Neogastropoda |
| Superfamily: | Buccinoidea |
| Family: | Fasciolariidae |
| Genus: | Aptyxis Troschel, 1868 |
| Type species | |
| Murex syracusanus Linnaeus, 1758 | |
| Species | |
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| Synonyms[1] | |
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Aptyxis is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Fasciolariidae, the spindle snails, the tulip snails and their allies.[1]