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Ancistrolepis
Sign in to saveAncistrolepis is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod molluscs in the family Buccinidae, the true whelks.
Species
GENUS
- KingdomAnimalia
- PhylumMollusca
- ClassGastropoda
- OrderNeogastropoda
- FamilyBuccinidae
Habitatmarine
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Museum specimens
- Specimen records
- 72
- With media
- 2
- Family
- Buccinidae
- Collections
- UWBM, SIO, UAM, USNM, UCMP, CAS
- Recorded in
- United States, Japan
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- Parent taxon
- Buccinidae
- Image
- Ancistrolepis grammata - National Museum of Nature and Science, Tokyo - DSC06897.JPG
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Ancistrolepis is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod molluscs in the family Buccinidae, the true whelks.
==Species== Species within the genus Ancistrolepis include: Ancistrolepis californicus Ancistrolepis eucosmius Ancistrolepis grammatus Ancistrolepis hikidai Ancistrolepis kawamurai Ancistrolepis okhotensis Ancistrolepis vietnamensis
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