Periapta
Shell of Periapta polygyrella (holotype at MNHN, Paris)
Scientific classification Edit this 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

References

  1. ^ a b 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