Higher Classification: > Kingdom Animalia > Subkingdom Eumetazoa > Phylum Mollusca > Class Gastropoda > Subclass Orthogastropoda > Subclass Caenogastropoda > Order Littorinimorpha > Superfamily Pterotracheoidea > Family Atlantidae

Oxygyrus W. H. Benson, 1835

Rank: Genus
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

*Atys (Sphaeratys)*	F. Nordsieck, 1972	synonym

Children

Oxygyrus inflatus W. H. Benson, 1835

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Japanese: ヒレウキガイ属

Literature

original description	Benson, W. H. (1835). Account of Oxygyrus a new genus of pelagian shells allied to the genus Atlanta of Lesueur, with a note on some other pelagian shells lately taken on board of the ship Malcolm. Journal of the Asiatic Society of Bengal. 4: 173-176.
basis of record	Gofas, S.; Le Renard, J.; Bouchet, P. (2001). Mollusca. in: Costello, M.J. et al. (eds), European Register of Marine Species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Patrimoines Naturels. 50: 180-213.

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Citation

MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Oxygyrus W. H. Benson, 1835. Via: Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvantidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2011) European Register of Marine Species, Accessed through PESI at http://www.eu-nomen.eu/portal/taxon.php?GUID=urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:137688

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annex II EU Habitat Directive Annex II: Species of community interest whose conservation requires the designation of special areas of conservation.

EU Habitat Directive Annex II: Species of community interest whose conservation requires the designation of special areas of conservation.

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