Biology:Gyriscus

Short description: Genus of gastropods

Gyriscus
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
(unranked):	clade Heterobranchia informal group Lower Heterobranchia
Superfamily:	Architectonicoidea
Family:	Architectonicidae
Genus:	Gyriscus Tiberi, 1867
Species
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Gyriscus is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Architectonicidae, the staircase shells or sundials.

Species

Species within the genus Gyriscus include:

• Gyriscus asteleformis Powell, 1965
• Gyriscus hayashii Shikama, 1970
• Gyriscus jeffreysianus (Tiberi, 1867)

References

• SeaLifeBase
• Powell A. W. B., New Zealand Mollusca, William Collins Publishers Ltd, Auckland, New Zealand 1979 ISBN:0-00-216906-1

Wikidata ☰ Q5625432 entry