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Japelion Dall, 1916
490529 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:490529)
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Genus
Buccinum hirasei Pilsbry, 1901 accepted as Japelion hirasei (Pilsbry, 1901) (type by original designation)
Ancistrolepis (Japelion) Dall, 1916 · unaccepted (original rank)
Hypojapelion Okutani, 1968 · unaccepted > superseded rank
Japelion (Hypojapelion) Okutani, 1968 · alternative representation
- Species Japelion hachijoensis (Okutani, 1964)
- Species Japelion hirasei (Pilsbry, 1901)
- Species Japelion latus (Dall, 1918)
- Species Japelion adelphicus (Dall, 1907) accepted as Metajapelion adelphicus (Dall, 1907)
- Species Japelion borealis (Tiba, 1969) accepted as Clinopegma borealis Tiba, 1969
- Species Japelion kinoshitai Kuroda, 1931 accepted as Parancistrolepis kinoshitai (Kuroda, 1931) (original combination)
- Species Japelion pericochlion (Schrenck, 1863) accepted as Metajapelion pericochlion (Schrenck, 1863)
- Subgenus Japelion (Hypojapelion) Okutani, 1968 represented as Japelion Dall, 1916
- Species Japelion (Hypojapelion) hachijoensis (Okutani, 1964) represented as Japelion hachijoensis (Okutani, 1964)
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
(of Ancistrolepis (Japelion) Dall, 1916) Dall, W. H. (1916). Prodrome of a revision of the chrysodomoid whelks of the boreal and arctic regions. <em>Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington.</em> 29: 7-8., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/3336478
page(s): 8 [details]
page(s): 8 [details]
MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Japelion Dall, 1916. Accessed at: https://molluscabase.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=490529 on 2025-09-11
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original description
(of Ancistrolepis (Japelion) Dall, 1916) Dall, W. H. (1916). Prodrome of a revision of the chrysodomoid whelks of the boreal and arctic regions. <em>Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington.</em> 29: 7-8., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/3336478
page(s): 8 [details]
original description (of Hypojapelion Okutani, 1968) Okutani, T. (1968). Bathyal and abyssal Mollusca trawled from Sagami Bay and the south off Boso Peninsula by the R/V Soyo-Maru, 1965–1967. <em>Bulletin of the Tokai Regional Fisheries Research Laboratory.</em> 56: 7-55, pls 1-3.
page(s): 33 [details]
page(s): 8 [details]
original description (of Hypojapelion Okutani, 1968) Okutani, T. (1968). Bathyal and abyssal Mollusca trawled from Sagami Bay and the south off Boso Peninsula by the R/V Soyo-Maru, 1965–1967. <em>Bulletin of the Tokai Regional Fisheries Research Laboratory.</em> 56: 7-55, pls 1-3.
page(s): 33 [details]
