Aclophoropsis is a genus of minute sea snails with left-handed shell-coiling, marine gastropod mollusks or micromollusks in the family Triphoridae. [1]

Aclophoropsis
Two shells of Aclophoropsis festiva
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Clade: Hypsogastropoda
Suborder: Ptenoglossa
Superfamily: Triphoroidea
Family: Triphoridae
Genus: Aclophoropsis
Marshall, 1983
Type species
Triphoris festivus A. Adams, 1854

Description

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These small snails have left-handed shells (adult size from 6 – 12 mm) with very high spires.

Distribution

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These small sea snails are found in Australia (Victoria, New South Wales), Tasmania, and French Polynesia

Species

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Species within the genus Aclphoropsis are as follows:[2]

References

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  1. ^ a b MolluscaBase eds. (2021). MolluscaBase. Aclophoropsis B. A. Marshall, 1983. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: http://marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=584872 Archived 2022-02-08 at the Wayback Machine on 2021-03-19
  2. ^ "OBIS : Aclophoropsis". Archived from the original on 2012-04-05. Retrieved 2010-08-19.
  3. ^ "Jean Tröndlé and Michel Boutet, Inventory of Marine Molluscs of French Polynesia, Atoll Research Bulletin, no. 570, National Museum of National History, Washington" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2012-03-12. Retrieved 2010-08-19.
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