Aclophoropsis festiva is a species of minute sea snails in the family Triphoridae.[1]

Aclophoropsis festiva
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Clade: Hypsogastropoda
Family: Triphoridae
Genus: Aclophoropsis
Species:
A. festiva
Binomial name
Aclophoropsis festiva
(A. Adams, 1851)
Synonyms
  • Cautor maculosa Cotton & Godfrey, 1931 (not Hedley, 1903).
  • Notosinister festiva Cotton & Godfrey, 1931
  • Triphora festiva A. Adams, 1854
  • Triphoris festivus A. Adams, 1854

Description

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This a small prettily marked species with two rows of granules on each whorl and with the interstices deeply punctured. [2]

They have left-handed shell-coiling, (adult size from 6 – 12 mm) with very high spires.

Distribution

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This species is endemic to Australia and occurs off South Australia, Tasmania, Victoria and Western Australia.

References

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  1. ^ "WoRMS - World Register of Marine Species - Aclophoropsis festiva (A. Adams, 1854)". www.marinespecies.org. Retrieved 2019-11-23.
  2. ^ Adams, A. (1854). Descriptions of new species of Eulima, Triphoris, etc. from the collection of Hugh Cuming, Esq. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London. (1851) 19: 276-279   This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.
  • Tate, R. & May, W.L. 1901. A revised census of the marine Mollusca of Tasmania. Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales 26(3): 344-471
  • Verco, J.C. 1909. Notes on South Australian marine Mollusca with descriptions of new species. Part XI. Transactions of the Royal Society of South Australia 33: 277-292 [
  • Cotton, B.C. & Godfrey, F.K. 1931. South Australian shells. South Australian Naturalist 12(4): 51-63
  • Wilson, B. 1993. Australian Marine Shells. Prosobranch Gastropods. Kallaroo, Western Australia : Odyssey Publishing Vol. 1 408 pp.
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