Aclophoropsis

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

Aclophoropsis
Two shells of Aclophoropsis festiva
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Mollusca
Class:
Gastropoda
(unranked):
clade Caenogastropoda
clade Hypsogastropoda
Informal group Ptenoglossa
Superfamily:
Triphoroidea
Family:
Triphoridae
Subfamily:
Triphorinae
Genus:
Aclophoropsis

Marshall, 1983
Type species
Aclophoropsis festiva Adams, A., 1851
Species

See text.

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:[1]

  • Aclophoropsis festiva (A. Adams, 1851)
  • Aclophoropsis maculosa (Hedley, 1903)
  • Aclophoropsis univitta (Laseron, 1954)
  • Aclophoropsis mcmichaeli (Kosuge, 1962) [2]

References
  1. OBIS : Aclophoropsis
  2. Jean Tröndlé and Michel Boutet, Inventory of Marine Molluscs of French Polynesia, Atoll Research Bulletin, no. 570, National Museum of National History, Washington


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