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Aclophoropsis

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Kingdom
  
Animalia

Class
  
Gastropoda

Family
  
Triphoridae

Rank
  
Genus

Phylum
  
Mollusca

Superfamily
  
Triphoroidea

Subfamily
  
Triphorinae

Aclophoropsis

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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.

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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:

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

    Aclophoropsis Wikipedia