Biology:Aclophoropsis

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Short description: Genus of gastropods

Aclophoropsis
Aclophoropsis festiva 001.jpg
Two shells of Aclophoropsis festiva
Scientific classification e
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Clade: Hypsogastropoda
Suborder: Ptenoglossa
Superfamily: Triphoroidea
Family: Triphoridae
Genus: Aclophoropsis
Marshall, 1983
Type species
Aclophoropsis festiva Adams, A., 1851

Aclophoropsis is a genus of minute sea snails with left-handed shell-coiling, marine gastropod mollusks or micromollusks in the family Triphoridae. [1]

Description

These small snails have left-handed shells (adult size from 6 – 12 mm) with very high spires.

Distribution

These small sea snails are found in Australia (Victoria, New South Wales), Tasmania, and French Polynesia

Species

Species within the genus Aclphoropsis are as follows:[2]

  • Aclophoropsis festiva (A. Adams, 1851)
  • Aclophoropsis maculosa (Hedley, 1903)
  • Aclophoropsis univitta (Laseron, 1954)
  • Aclophoropsis mcmichaeli (Kosuge, 1962) [3]

References

External links

Wikidata ☰ Q4674335 entry