Shinkailepas
Genus of gastropods
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Shinkailepas is a genus of sea snails or false limpets, marine gastropod molluscs in the family Phenacolepadidae.[1]
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| A large number of adults and egg cases (white dots) of the hydrothermal vent species Shinkailepas kaikatensis with an arc crab on the right | |
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| Shell of Shinkailepas conspira (holotype at MNHN, Paris) | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Order: | Cycloneritida |
| Family: | Phenacolepadidae |
| Subfamily: | Shinkailepadinae |
| Genus: | Shinkailepas Okutani, Saito & Hashimoto, 1989 |
| Synonyms | |
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Olgasolaris L. Beck, 1992 | |
Species
Species within the genus Shinkailepas include:[1]
- Shinkailepas conspira L. Beck, 2023
- Shinkailepas cornuthauma X.Y. Gu, C. Chen, K.X. Gao, Y.D. Zhou & J. Sun, 2025
- Shinkailepas gigas C. Chen, H. Watanabe & M. Tsuda, 2024
- Shinkailepas kaikatensis Okutani, Saito & Hashimoto, 1989
- Shinkailepas myojinensis Sasaki, Okutani & Fujikura, 2003
- Shinkailepas tiarasimia X.Y. Gu, C. Chen, K.X. Gao, Y.D. Zhou & J. Sun, 2025
- Shinkailepas tollmanni (L. Beck, 1992)
- Shinkailepas tufari L. Beck, 1992
- Synonyms
- Shinkailepas briandi Warén & Bouchet, 2001:[2] synonym of Divia briandi (Warén & Bouchet, 2001) (original combination)
