| Periapta | |
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| Shell of Periapta polygyrella (holotype at MNHN, Paris) | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota | 
| Kingdom: | Animalia | 
| Phylum: | Mollusca | 
| Class: | Gastropoda | 
| Subclass: | Caenogastropoda | 
| Superfamily: | Epitonioidea | 
| Family: | Epitoniidae | 
| Genus: | Periapta Bouchet & Warén, 1986 | 
| Type species | |
| Scalaria polygyrella Fischer P. in Locard, 1897 | |
Periapta is a genus of small sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Epitoniidae, commonly known as wentletraps.[1]
Species
- Periapta gracilis (Verrill, 1880)
- Periapta polygyrella (P. Fischer in Locard, 1897)
- Periapta siapnoi (DuShane, 1977)
- Periapta weili García, 2003
References
- ↑ MolluscaBase eds. (2021). MolluscaBase. Periapta Bouchet & Warén, 1986. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=137951 on 2021-12-25
- Locard, A., 1897 Mollusques testacés. In: Expéditions scientifiques du Travailleur et du Talisman pendant les années 1880, 1881, 1882, 1883, vol. 1, p. 516 p, 22 pls
External links
 Media related to Periapta at Wikimedia Commons Media related to Periapta at Wikimedia Commons
- Bouchet, P. & Warén, A. (1986). Revision of the Northeast Atlantic bathyal and abyssal Aclididae Eulimidae, Epitonidae (Mollusca, Gastropoda). Bollettino Malacologico. suppl. 2: 297-576
- Gofas, S.; Le Renard, J.; Bouchet, P. (2001). Mollusca. in: Costello, M.J. et al. (eds), European Register of Marine Species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Patrimoines Naturels. 50: 180-213.
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