Phrontis (gastropod)

Phrontis is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the subfamily Nassariinae of the family Nassariidae, the Nassa mud snails or dog whelks.

Phrontis
Apertural view of a shell of Phrontis pagoda (museum specimen at Naturalis Biodiversity Center)
Scientific classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Superfamily: Buccinoidea
Family: Nassariidae
Genus: Phrontis
H. Adams & A. Adams, 1853
Type species
Buccinum tiarula
Kiener, 1841
Species

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Synonyms
  • Alectrion (Phrontis) H. Adams & A. Adams, 1853
  • Alectryon (Phrontis) H. Adams & A. Adams, 1853
  • Nassa (Phrontis) H. Adams & A. Adams, 1853
  • Nassarius (Phrontis) H. Adams & A. Adams, 1853
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