Aclophoropsis is a genus of minute sea snails with left-handed shell-coiling, marine gastropod mollusks or micromollusks in the family Triphoridae. [1]
| 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 | |
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 Archived 2022-02-08 at the Wayback Machine on 2021-03-19
- ^ "OBIS : Aclophoropsis". Archived from the original on 2012-04-05. Retrieved 2010-08-19.
- ^ "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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