Ancistrolepis Dall 1895

Ancistrolepis is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod molluscs in the family Buccinidae, the true whelks.^[1]

Species

Species within the genus Ancistrolepis include:

• Ancistrolepis californicus Dall, 1919
• Ancistrolepis eucosmius (Dall, 1891)
• Ancistrolepis grammatus (Dall, 1907)
• Ancistrolepis hikidai Kuroda, 1944
• Ancistrolepis kawamurai Habe & Ito, 1972
• Ancistrolepis okhotensis Dall, 1925
• Ancistrolepis vietnamensis Sirenko & Goryachev, 1990

Subgenera formerly placed in Ancistrolepis:

• Ancistrolepis (Clinopegma) elevated to Clinopegma Grant & Gale, 1931
• Ancistrolepis (Japelion) elevated to Japelion Dall, 1916

Species formerly placed in Ancistrolepis:

• Ancistrolepis beringianus is a synonym of Neancistrolepis beringianus (Dall, 1919)
• Ancistrolepis damon is a synonym of Clinopegma magnum damon (Dall, 1907)
• Ancistrolepis decora is a synonym of Clinopegma decora (Dall, 1925)
• Ancistrolepis (Clinopegma) decora is a synonym of Clinopegma decora (Dall, 1925)
• Ancistrolepis fujitai is a synonym of Parancistrolepis fujitai (Kuroda, 1931)
• Ancistrolepis hiranoi is a synonym of Parancistrolepis fujitai (Kuroda, 1931)
• Ancistrolepis latus is a synonym of Japelion latus (Dall, 1918)
• Ancistrolepis magna is a synonym of Clinopegma magnum (Dall, 1895)
• Ancistrolepis sasakii is a synonym of Clinopegma sasakii Habe & Ito, 1970
• Ancistrolepis trochoideus is a synonym of Bathyancistrolepis trochoideus (Dall, 1907)

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