Erginus (gastropod)

Erginus
Erginus rubellus
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Subclass:	Patellogastropoda
Family:	Erginidae
Genus:	Erginus Jeffreys, 1877[1]
Type species
Patella rubella O. Fabricius, 1780

Erginus is a genus of sea snails, true limpets, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Erginidae.[2]

Species

Species within the genus Erginus include:[2]

• Erginus galkini Chernyshev & Chernova, 2002[3]
• Erginus rubellus (Fabricius O., 1780)[4]

Species brought into synonymy

• Erginus apicinus (Dall, 1879): synonym of Problacmaea apicina (Dall, 1879)
• Erginus moskalevi (Golikov & Kussakin, 1972): synonym of Problacmaea moskalevi Golikov & Kussakin, 1972
• Erginus puniceus Lindberg, 1988: synonym of Erginus sybariticus (Dall, 1871): synonym of Erginus sybariticus (Dall, 1871): synonym of Problacmaea sybaritica (Dall, 1871)
• Erginus sybariticus (Dall, 1871):[5] synonym of Problacmaea sybaritica (Dall, 1871)

References

1. Jeffreys (1877). Ann. Mag. nat. Hist. (4)19: 231.
2. "Erginus". WoRMS. World Register of Marine Species. Retrieved 11 December 2021.
3. "Erginus galkini". WoRMS. World Register of Marine Species. Retrieved 11 December 2021.
4. "Erginus rubellus". WoRMS. World Register of Marine Species. Retrieved 11 December 2021.
5. "Erginus sybaritica". WoRMS. World Register of Marine Species. Retrieved 11 December 2021.

• Chernyshev, A.V. (2018). Erginidae fam. nov. (Patellogastropoda) – a new family of limpets. Bulletin of the Russian Far East Malacological Society. 22(1–2): 63-68

External links

• Jeffreys, J.G. (1877). New and peculiar Mollusca of the Patellidae and other families of Gastropoda procured in the Valorous expedition. Annals and Magazine of Natural History. ser. 4, 19: 231-243