Onustus

Onustus
Onustus caribaeus shells
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Littorinimorpha
Superfamily: Xenophoroidea
Family: Xenophoridae
Genus: Onustus
Swainson, 1840
Synonyms[1]
  • Trochotugurium Sacco, 1896
  • Tugurium Fischer in Kiener, 1879
  • Tugurium (Trochotugurium) Sacco, 1896
  • Xenophora (Onustus) Swainson, 1840
  • Xenophora (Trochotugurium) Sacco, 1896
  • Xenophora (Tugurium) P. Fischer, 1879

Onustus is a genus of large sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Xenophoridae, the carrier shells.[1]

  1. ^ a b Onustus Swainson, 1840. WoRMS (2010). Onustus Swainson, 1840. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=468030 on 9 July 2010 .