{{Short description|Genus of gastropods}} {{Automatic taxobox | image = | image_caption = | display_parents = 3 | taxon = Aptyxis | authority = Troschel, 1868 | synonyms_ref = <ref name="WoRMS" /> | synonyms = * ''Aptysis'' [sic] (misspelling of Aptyxis Troschel, 1868) * ''Latirus (Aptyxis)'' <small>Troschel, 1868</small> | type_species = ''Murex syracusanus'' | type_species_authority = Linnaeus, 1758 | subdivision_ranks = Species | subdivision = See text
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'''''Aptyxis''''' is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Fasciolariidae, the spindle snails, the tulip snails and their allies.<ref name="WoRMS">MolluscaBase eds. (2020). MolluscaBase. Aptyxis Troschel, 1868. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=445979 on 2020-05-24</ref>
==Species== Species within the genus ''Aptyxis'' include:<ref name="WoRMS" /> * ''Aptyxis syracusana'' <small>(Linnaeus, 1758)</small> ;Species brought into synonymy: * ''Aptyxis luteopicta'' <small>(Dall, 1877)</small>: synonym of ''Hesperaptyxis luteopictus'' <small>(Dall, 1877)</small>
==References== {{Reflist}} * Russo P. (2016). ''On the grammatical gender of Aptyxis Troschel, 1884 (Gastropoda, Fasciolariidae).'' Bollettino Malacologico. 52: 76 * Russo P. (2015). ''On the systematic position of Murex syracusanus Linnaeus, 1758 (Gastropoda, Fasciolariidae) with revaluation of the genus Aptyxis.'' Bollettino Malacologico. 51(2): 79-86
==External links== * [https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/bibliography/11262 Troschel, F. H. (1856-1893). Das Gebiss der Schnecken zur Begründung einer natürlichen Classification. Nicolaische Verlagsbuchhandlung, Berlin. Vol. 1: i-viii, 1-252 pls 1-20 [1856-63]. Vol. 2: i-ix, 1-246, 247-409 [continued by Thiele, J.] pls 1- 32 [1866-1893] [for dates of publication, see Robertson, 1957: Nautilus 70(4)]
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Category:Aptyxis Category:Fasciolariidae Category:Gastropod genera
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