Aporrhaidae
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Aporrhaidae is a family of sea snails commonly called the "pelican's foot snails." The taxonomy of the Gastropoda by Bouchet & Rocroi, 2005[3] categorizes Aporrhaidae as marine gastropod mollusks in the clade Littorinimorpha.
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A shell of Aporrhais pespelecani, from Catalonia, Spain | |
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Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Mollusca |
Class: | Gastropoda |
Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
Order: | Littorinimorpha |
Superfamily: | Stromboidea |
Family: | Aporrhaidae Gray, 1850[1] |
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Aporrhaids are commercially important, especially in traditional fisheries.[4]