Haplocochlias

Haplocochlias is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Skeneidae.[1]

Haplocochlias
Shell of Haplocochlias arawakorum (specimen at MNHN, Paris)
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Vetigastropoda
Order: Trochida
Superfamily: Trochoidea
Family: Skeneidae
Genus: Haplocochlias
Carpenter, 1864
Type species
Haplocochlias cyclophoreus
Carpenter, 1864

Description

The solid, subperforate shell has a turbinate shape. The aperture is rounded. The thick peristome is continuous and exteriorly varicose. The columella is not callous.[2]

Species

Species within the genus Haplocochlias include:

Species brought in to synonymy

References
  1. Haplocochlias . Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 27 August 2013.
  2. G.W. Tryon (1888), Manual of Conchology X; Academy of Natural Sciences, Philadelphia
  3. Haplocochlias cubensis Espinosa, Ortea, Fernandez-Garcés & Moro, 2007. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 21 April 2010.
  4. Haplocochlias nunezi Espinosa, Ortea & Fernandez-Garces, 2004. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 21 April 2010.
  5. Haplocochlias onaneyi Espinosa, Ortea & Fernandez-Garces, 2004. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 21 April 2010.
  6. Haplocochlias ortizi Espinosa, Ortea & Fernandez-Garces, 2004. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 21 April 2010.
  7. Haplocochlias risonideneryae De Barros, dos Santos F.N., Santos , Cabral & Acioli, 2002. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 21 April 2010.
  8. Haplocochlias swifti Vanatta, 1913. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 21 April 2010.
  9. Haplocochlias williami de Barros et al., 2002. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 21 April 2010.
  10. Atoll research bulletin. v. 220-222 (1978)
  11. Haplocochlias risoneideneryae de Barros et al., 2002. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 21 April 2010.
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