Iphitus (gastropod)
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| Iphitus | |
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| Shell of Iphitus escondida (specimen at MNHN, Paris) | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
| Order: | incertae sedis |
| Superfamily: | Epitonioidea |
| Family: | Epitoniidae |
| Genus: | Iphitus Jeffreys, 1883 |
| Type species | |
| Iphitus tuberatus Jeffreys, 1883 | |
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Iphitus is a genus of small sea snails, marine gastropods in the family Epitoniidae of the superfamily Epitonioidea, the wentletraps, the purple snails, and their allies.[1]
