title: Ancistrolepis
text: # Ancistrolepis
  
  Ancistrolepis is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod molluscs in the family Buccinidae, the true whelks.
  
  ## Species
  
  Species within the genus Ancistrolepis include:
  
  * Ancistrolepis californicus Dall, 1919
  * Ancistrolepis eucosmius (Dall, 1891)
  * Ancistrolepis grammatus (Dall, 1907)
  * Ancistrolepis hikidai Kuroda, 1944
  * Ancistrolepis kawamurai Habe & Ito, 1972
  * Ancistrolepis okhotensis Dall, 1925
  * Ancistrolepis vietnamensis Sirenko & Goryachev, 1990
  
  Subgenera formerly placed in Ancistrolepis:
  
  * Ancistrolepis (Clinopegma) elevated to Clinopegma Grant & Gale, 1931
  * Ancistrolepis (Japelion) elevated to Japelion Dall, 1916
  
  Species formerly placed in Ancistrolepis:
  
  * Ancistrolepis beringianus is a synonym of Neancistrolepis beringianus (Dall, 1919)
  * Ancistrolepis damon is a synonym of Clinopegma magnum damon (Dall, 1907)
  * Ancistrolepis decora is a synonym of Clinopegma decora (Dall, 1925)
  * Ancistrolepis (Clinopegma) decora is a synonym of Clinopegma decora (Dall, 1925)
  * Ancistrolepis fujitai is a synonym of Parancistrolepis fujitai (Kuroda, 1931)
  * Ancistrolepis hiranoi is a synonym of Parancistrolepis fujitai (Kuroda, 1931)
  * Ancistrolepis latus is a synonym of Japelion latus (Dall, 1918)
  * Ancistrolepis magna is a synonym of Clinopegma magnum (Dall, 1895)
  * Ancistrolepis sasakii is a synonym of Clinopegma sasakii Habe & Ito, 1970
  * Ancistrolepis trochoideus is a synonym of Bathyancistrolepis trochoideus (Dall, 1907)
  