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Amphissa (gastropod)
Genus of gastropods From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Amphissa is a genus of small sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Columbellidae, the dove snails.[2]
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Description
The length of the buccinoid shell ranges from 10–30 mm. The aperture of the shell is anteriorly dilated, the contraction near the spire obsolete.[3]
Species
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Species within the genus Amphissa include:
- Amphissa acuminata (E. A. Smith, 1915)
- Amphissa acutecostata (R. A. Philippi, 1844)
- Amphissa bicolor Dall, 1892
- Amphissa cancellata (Castellanos, 1979)
- Amphissa columbiana Dall, 1916
- Amphissa inopinata K. Monsecour & D. Monsecour, 2024
- Amphissa reticulata Dall, 1916
- Amphissa triangularis K. Monsecour & D. Monsecour, 2024
- Amphissa undata (P. P. Carpenter, 1864)
- Amphissa versicolor Dall, 1871
- Synonyms
- Amphissa (Cosmioconcha) Dall, 1913: synonym of Cosmioconcha Dall, 1913 (original rank)
- Amphissa corrugata (Reeve, 1847): synonym of Amphissa columbiana Dall, 1916
- Amphissa costulata (Cantraine, 1835): synonym of Amphissa acutecostata (R. A. Philippi, 1844) (junior homonym)
- Amphissa cymata Dall, 1916: synonym of Amphissa versicolor Dall, 1871
- Amphissa haliaeeti (Jeffreys, 1867): synonym of Amphissa acutecostata (R. A. Philippi, 1844)
- Amphissa lyrta F. Baker, G. D. Hanna & A. M. Strong, 1938: synonym of Decipifus lyrta (F. Baker, G. D. Hanna & A. M. Strong, 1938) (original combination)
- Amphissa palmeri Dall, 1913: synonym of Cosmioconcha palmeri (Dall, 1913) (original combination)
- Amphissa parvula Dall, 1913: synonym of Cosmioconcha parvula (Dall, 1913) (original combination)
- Amphissa pergracilis Dall, 1913: synonym of Cosmioconcha pergracilis (Dall, 1913) (original combination)
- † Amphissa ventricosa Arnold, 1903 : synonym of Amphissa undata (P. P. Carpenter, 1864)
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