Higher Classification: > Kingdom Animalia > Subkingdom Eumetazoa > Phylum Mollusca > Class Gastropoda > Subclass Orthogastropoda > Subclass Caenogastropoda > Order Littorinimorpha > Superfamily Stromboidea > Family Aporrhaidae > Genus Aporrhais

Aporrhais pespelecani (Linnaeus, 1758)

Rank: Species
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

*Aporrhais*	da Costa, 1778	accepted genus name
*Chenopus*	R. A. Philippi, 1836	synonym

Species group names

*Aporrhais aldrovandi*	Capellini, 1860	synonym
*Aporrhais pelecanipes*	Locard, 1891	synonym
*Aporrhais pespelecani oblongus*	Settepassi, 1970	synonym
*Aporrhais pespelecani robustissimus*	Settepassi, 1970	synonym
*Aporrhais pespelecani var. aculeus*	Coen, 1933	synonym
*Aporrhais pespelecani var. albida*	Jeffreys, 1867	synonym
*Aporrhais pespelecani var. bifida*	Coen, 1931	synonym
*Aporrhais pespelecani var. bilobata*	Clement, 1873	synonym
*Aporrhais pespelecani var. incrassata*	Locard & Caziot, 1900	synonym
*Aporrhais pespelecani var. oceanica*	Bucquoy, Dautzenberg & Dollfus, 1882	synonym
*Aporrhais pespelecani var. panormitana*	De Gregorio, 1885	synonym
*Aporrhais pespelecani var. robusta*	Bucquoy, Dautzenberg & Dollfus, 1882	synonym
*Aporrhais pespelecani var. venetiana*	Coen, 1931	synonym
*Aporrhais pespelecani var. viator*	De Gregorio, 1885	synonym
*Aporrhais pespelecani var. vinitincta*	Coen, 1914	synonym
*Aporrhais pespelecani var. violacea*	Bucquoy, Dautzenberg & Dollfus, 1882	synonym
*Aporrhais quadrifidus*	da Costa, 1778	synonym
*Fusus fragilis*	Risso, 1826	synonym
*Murex gracilis*	Brocchi, 1814	synonym
*Rostellaria aladraconis*	Perry, 1811	synonym
*Strombus pespelecani*	Linnaeus, 1758	synonym

Vernaculars (+) (-)

Albanian: kërmilli këmbëpelikan sources: Dhora, DH. 2008. Fjalor i emrave të kafshëve të Shqipërisë (Emri shkencor – Shqip – Anglisht) / Dictionary of animal names of Albania (Scientific names – Albanian – English). Camaj – Pipa. Shkodër, Albania. pp. 288.

Danish: pelikanfod sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Dutch: pelikaansvoet; pelikaansvoetje sources: Adema, J.P.H.M.; de Bruyne, R.H.; Perk, F.A. (1989). Preliminary name list of marine molluscs and shells, regularly washed ashore along the coasts of the Netherlands and Belgium [Voorlopige naamlijst van de mariene mollusken en de regelmatig langs de kust van Nederland en België aangespoelde schelpensoorten]. De Strandvlo 9(2): 49-59;Hayward, P.; Nelson-Smith, A.; Shields, C. (1999). Gids van kust en strand: flora en fauna [Coast and beach guide: flora and fauna]. Tirion: Baarn, Netherlands. ISBN 90-5210-327-5. 352, ill. pp.

English: common pelican’s foot; pelican's foot sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points;Lindner, G. (1999). Schelpengids: schelpen uit de wereldzeeën, vorm, voorkomen, systematiek [The shell guide: shells from the world oceans, shape, distribution and systematics]. Tirion: Baarn, The Netherlands. ISBN 90-5210-409-3. 320 pp.

French: pied de pélican sources: Muller, Y. (2004). Faune et flore du littoral du Nord, du Pas-de-Calais et de la Belgique: inventaire. [Coastal fauna and flora of the Nord, Pas-de-Calais and Belgium: inventory]. Commission Régionale de Biologie Région Nord Pas-de-Calais: France. 307 pp.

German: Gewöhnlicher Pelikanfuß; Pelikanfus; Pelikanfuß sources: Cole, T. C. H. (2017). Wörterbuch der Wirbellosen / Dictionary of Invertebrates. Latein-Deutsch-English. 2017. Springer Spektrum: Berlin. ISBN 978-3-662-52869-3. XII, 574 pp.;Lindner, G. (1999). Schelpengids: schelpen uit de wereldzeeën, vorm, voorkomen, systematiek [The shell guide: shells from the world oceans, shape, distribution and systematics]. Tirion: Baarn, The Netherlands. ISBN 90-5210-409-3. 320 pp.;Unterwasser-Welt Ostsee

Greek: Πελεκανοπόδαρο sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Italian: pie' di pellicani

Norwegian Bokmål: pelikanfotsnegl sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Norwegian Nynorsk: pelikanfotsnigel sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Swedish: pelikanfotsnäcka

Literature

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.

Genbank

External Links

Marine Life Information Network - UK

Citation

MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Aporrhais pespelecani (Linnaeus, 1758). 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:138760