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Eurytrochus

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Kingdom
  
Animalia

Class
  
Gastropoda

Superfamily
  
Trochoidea

Phylum
  
Mollusca

Clade
  
Vetigastropoda

Family
  
Trochidae

Eurytrochus is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Trochidae, the top snails.

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Description

The small shell is spirally lirate, depressed, and umbilicate. The body whorl is deflected toward the aperture. The oblique aperture is rounded-quadrangular. The terminations of the lips are approaching, connected by a callus. The outer and basal lips are crenulated within.

Distribution

This marine species occurs in Oceania, Japan, the Philippines and Australia (New South Wales, Queensland, Victoria)

Species

Species within the genus Eurytrochus include:

  • Eurytrochus concinnus (Pilsbry, 1890)
  • Eurytrochus danieli (Crosse, 1862)
  • Eurytrochus maccullochi (Hedley, C., 1907)
  • Eurytrochus strangei (Adams, A., 1853)
    • Species brought into synonymy
  • Eurytrochus affinis cognatus (Pilsbry, 1903): synonym of Clanculus cognatus (Pilsbry, 1903)
  • Eurytrochus dacostana Preston, H.B., 1909: synonym of Eurytrochus strangei (Adams, A., 1853)

    • References

    Eurytrochus Wikipedia
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