Arrhoges
Genus of gastropods
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Arrhoges is a genus of medium-sized sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Aporrhaidae and the superfamily Stromboidea.[1]
| Arrhoges | |
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| Shell of Arrhoges occidentalis (fossil specimen at MNHN, Paris) | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
| Order: | Littorinimorpha |
| Family: | Aporrhaidae |
| Genus: | Arrhoges Gabb, 1868 |
| Type species | |
| Rostellaria occidentalis H. Beck, 1836 | |
| Synonyms | |
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† Aporrhais (Arrhoges) Gabb, 1868 superseded rank | |
Description
(Original description) The shell is fusiform. The anterior canal is nearly obsolete, and there is no posterior canal. The outer lip is expanded and simple. [2]
Species
This genus contains the following species:
- † Arrhoges granocarinatus Traub, 1938
- † Arrhoges montensis É. Vincent, 1930
- Arrhoges occidentalis (Beck, 1836)
- † Arrhoges paleocaenica Rosenkrantz, 1970
- † Arrhoges pauperatus (A. d'Orbigny, 1843)
- Synonyms
- † Arrhoges haastianus Wilckens, 1922: synonym of † Struthioptera haastiana (Wilckens, 1922)
