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