Aclophoropsis

Aclophoropsis is a genus of minute sea snails with left-handed shell-coiling, marine gastropod mollusks or micromollusks in the family Triphoridae.

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 <small>(A. Adams, 1851)</small>
• Aclophoropsis maculosa <small>(Hedley, 1903)</small>
• Aclophoropsis mcmichaeli <small>(Kosuge, 1962)</small>
• Aclophoropsis univitta <small>(Laseron, 1954)</small>

References

External links

• Marshall B.A. (1983) A revision of the Recent Triphoridae of southern Australia. Records of the Australian Museum supplement 2: 1-119