Aclophoropsis mcmichaeli, common name the splashed sinistral creeper, is a species of minute sea snails in the family Triphoridae.[1]
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
| Clade: | Hypsogastropoda |
| Superfamily: | Triphoroidea |
| Family: | Triphoridae |
| Genus: | Aclophoropsis |
| Species: | A. mcmichaeli
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| Binomial name | |
| Aclophoropsis mcmichaeli (Kosuge, 1962)
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Description
editThe length of the shell varies between 3 mm and 5 mm.
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Distribution
editThis marine species occurs off the Ryukyu Islands and the Philippines.
References
edit- ^ MolluscaBase eds. (2024). MolluscaBase. Aclophoropsis mcmichaeli (Kosuge, 1962). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=584873 on 2024-03-06
- Kosuge, S. (1962). Descriptions of 10 new species and 1 new subspecies of the family Triphoridae (Mollusca) from Shiono-misaki, Kii Peninsula, central Japan with a list of hitherto known species. Bulletin of the National Science Museum, Tokyo. 6 (2): 78–89.