Euchelus is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Chilodontaidae (formerly in the family Trochidae).[1]

Euchelus
Apertural view of a shell of Euchelus asper
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Vetigastropoda
Superfamily: Seguenzioidea
Family: Chilodontaidae
Genus: Euchelus
Philippi, 1847
Type species
Trochus quadricarinatus
Holten, 1802
Synonyms

Trochus (Euchelus) Philippi, 1847

Description

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The umbilicate or imperforate shell has a globose-turbinate shape. It is umbilicate or imperforate. The whorls are rounded and with spirally granose revolving ribs. The aperture is subcircular. The outer lip is thickened, and crenulate within. The columella shows a central tooth or a notch at the base. The operculum has few whorls that are rapidly increasing.[2]

Distribution

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This marine species occur in the Indo-Pacific.

Species

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Species within the genus Euchelus include:

Taxon inquirendum
  • Euchelus maculosus Pease, 1863
Species brought into synonymy

References

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  • Vaught, K.C. (1989). A classification of the living Mollusca. American Malacologists: Melbourne, FL (USA). ISBN 0-915826-22-4. XII, 195 pp
  • Herbert D.G. (2012) A revision of the Chilodontidae (Gastropoda: Vetigastropoda: Seguenzioidea) of southern Africa and the south-western Indian Ocean. African Invertebrates, 53(2): 381–502