Orphanopusia is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks, in the family Costellariidae, the ribbed miters.[1][2]

Orphanopusia
Shell of Orphanopusia patriarchalis (specimen at MNHN, Paris)
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Superfamily: Turbinelloidea
Family: Costellariidae
Genus: Orphanopusia
Fedosov, Herrmann & Bouchet, 2017
Type species
Voluta patriarchalis Gmelin, 1791

Species

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Species within the genus Orphanopusia include:[1]

References

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  1. ^ a b MolluscaBase (2018). Orphanopusia Fedosov, Herrmann & Bouchet, 2017. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=957166 on 2018-12-31
  2. ^ Fedosov A.E., Puillandre N., Herrmann M., Dgebuadze P. & Bouchet P. (2017). Phylogeny, systematics, and evolution of the family Costellariidae (Gastropoda: Neogastropoda). Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society. 179(3): 541-626.
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