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Triphora (gastropod)

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Kingdom
  
Animalia

Class
  
Gastropoda

Family
  
Triphoridae

Phylum
  
Mollusca

Superfamily
  
Triphoroidea

Rank
  
Genus

Similar
  
Triphoridae, Inella, Cerithiopsidae, Cerithiopsis

Triphora is a genus of very small sea snails, marine gastropod molluscs in the family Triphoridae. The genus was named by Blainville in 1828, and the type species is Triphora gemmata Blainville, 1828. Like most of the other genera in this family, the shells of species in this genus are extremely high-spired with sculptural decoration, and are sinistral (left-handed) in coiling.

Species

There are well over 170 species in this genus.

References

Triphora (gastropod) Wikipedia