Biology:Aclophoropsis
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Short description: Genus of gastropods
| Aclophoropsis | |
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| Two shells of Aclophoropsis festiva | |
Scientific classification 
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| 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
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 MolluscaBase eds. (2021). MolluscaBase. Aclophoropsis B. A. Marshall, 1983. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: http://marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=584872 on 2021-03-19
- ↑ OBIS : Aclophoropsis
- ↑ "Jean Tröndlé and Michel Boutet, Inventory of Marine Molluscs of French Polynesia, Atoll Research Bulletin, no. 570, National Museum of National History, Washington". http://si-pddr.si.edu/dspace/bitstream/10088/8009/1/ARB_570_Trondle_etal.pdf.
External links
Wikidata ☰ Q4674335 entry
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