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Genus of gastropods From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Phrontis is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the subfamily Nassariinae of the family Nassariidae, the Nassa mud snails or dog whelks.[1]
Phrontis | |
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Apertural view of a shell of Phrontis pagoda (museum specimen at Naturalis Biodiversity Center) | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Mollusca |
Class: | Gastropoda |
Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
Order: | Neogastropoda |
Superfamily: | Buccinoidea |
Family: | Nassariidae |
Genus: | Phrontis H. Adams & A. Adams, 1853 |
Type species | |
Buccinum tiarula Kiener, 1841 | |
Species | |
See text | |
Synonyms[1] | |
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The spire is elevated and acuminate. The whorls are ribbed or nodulose. The inner lip is smooth and has an extended, thickened callus.[2]
Species within the genus Phrontis include:
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