Aclophoropsis
| 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 | |
| Triphoris festivus A. Adams, 1854 | |
Aclophoropsis is a genus of minute sea snails with left-handed shell-coiling, marine gastropod mollusks or micromollusks in the family Triphoridae. [1]
Description[edit]
These small snails have left-handed shells (adult size from 6 – 12 mm) with very high spires.
Distribution[edit]
These small sea snails are found in Australia (Victoria, New South Wales), Tasmania, and French Polynesia
Species[edit]
Species within the genus Aclphoropsis are as follows:[2]
- Aclophoropsis festiva (A. Adams, 1851)
- Aclophoropsis maculosa (Hedley, 1903)
- Aclophoropsis mcmichaeli (Kosuge, 1962) [3]
- Aclophoropsis univitta (Laseron, 1954)
References[edit]
- ^ a b 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" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2012-03-12. Retrieved 2010-08-19.
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