# Aptyxis

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{{Short description|Genus of gastropods}}
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| 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](/source/genus) of [sea snail](/source/sea_snail)s, [marine](/source/marine_(ocean)) [gastropod](/source/gastropod) [mollusk](/source/mollusk)s in the [family](/source/Family_(taxonomy)) [Fasciolariidae](/source/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](/source/Aptyxis_syracusana)'' <small>(Linnaeus, 1758)</small>
;Species brought into synonymy:
* ''Aptyxis luteopicta'' <small>(Dall, 1877)</small>: synonym of ''[Hesperaptyxis luteopictus](/source/Hesperaptyxis_luteopictus)'' <small>(Dall, 1877)</small>

==References==
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* 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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