Ollaphon

Ollaphon
Ollaphon
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
(unranked): clade Caenogastropoda
clade Hypsogastropoda
clade Neogastropoda
Superfamily: Buccinoidea
Family: Fasciolariidae
Subfamily: Fusininae
Genus: Ollaphon
Iredale, 1929
Type species
Trophon molorthus Hedley & May, 1908

Ollaphon is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Fasciolariidae, the spindle snails, the tulip snails and their allies.[1]

The family allocation of Ollaphon is uncertain; this genus is sometimes placed in the family Muricidae.

Species

Species within the genus Ollaphon include: [1]

References

  1. ^ a b Ollaphon Iredale, 1929 .  Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=446076  on 16 September 2010.

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