Aporrhais serresiana is a species of medium-sized sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Aporrhaidae, the pelican's foot snails or pelican's foot shells.[1]

Aporrhais serresiana
Five views of a shell of A. serresiana
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Littorinimorpha
Family: Aporrhaidae
Genus: Aporrhais
Species:
A. serresiana
Binomial name
Aporrhais serresiana
(Michaud, 1828)
Synonyms
  • Aporrhais macandreae Jeffreys, 1867
  • Aporrhais michaudi Locard, 1891
  • Aporrhais sarsii Kobelt, 1908
  • Aporrhais serreseanus [sic]
  • Aporrhais serreseanus hexapodus Nordsieck, 1968
  • Aporrhais serresianus var. crassa Locard, 1891
  • Aporrhais serresianus var. minor Locard, 1891
  • Aporrhais serresianus var. ventricosa Locard, 1891
  • Chenopus serresianus
  • Rostellaria serresiana Michaud, 1828

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  1. ^ Aporrhais serresianus (Michaud, 1828). Gofas, S. (2009). Aporrhais serresiana (Michaud, 1828). In: Bouchet, P.; Gofas, S.; Rosenberg, G. World Marine Mollusca database. Accessed through the World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=138761 on 9 July 2010 .
  • Nordsieck F. (1968). Die europäischen Meeres-Gehäuseschnecken (Prosobranchia). Vom Eismeer bis Kapverden und Mittelmeer. Gustav Fischer, Stuttgart VIII + 273 pp:
  • 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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