title: Iphitus (gastropod)
text: # Iphitus (gastropod)
  
  Iphitus is a genus of small sea snails, marine gastropods in the family Epitoniidae of the superfamily Epitonioidea, the wentletraps, the purple snails, and their allies.
  
  ## Species
  
  Species within the genus Iphitus include:
  
  * Iphitus boucheti Poppe & Tagaro, 2016
  * Iphitus cancellatus Dautzenberg & H. Fischer, 1896
  * Iphitus clarki L. G. Brown, 2019
  * Iphitus escondida Poppe & Tagaro, 2016
  * Iphitus neozelanicus (Dell, 1956)
  * Iphitus notios Pimenta, Andrade & Absalão, 2018
  * Iphitus robertsi Sabelli & Taviani, 1997
  * Iphitus tenuisculptus (Seguenza, 1876)
  * Iphitus tuberatus Jeffreys, 1883
  * Iphitus wareni L. G. Brown, 2019
  
  ### Species brought into synonymy
  
  * Iphitus marshalli (Sykes, 1925): synonym of Iphitus tenuisculptus (Seguenza, 1876)
  * Iphitus reticulatus Dall, 1927: synonym of Iphitus cancellatus Dautzenberg & H. Fischer, 1896
  * Iphitus tenerrimus Dautzenberg & Fischer H., 1896: synonym of Alora tenerrima (Dautzenberg & H. Fischer, 1896)
  * Iphitus tuberculatus Watson, 1886: synonym of Sansonia tuberculata (Watson, 1886)
  