Larocheopsis is a genus of small to minute sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks or micromollusks in the family Larocheidae.[1]
| Larocheopsis | |
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| Larocheopsis marshalli shells | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Vetigastropoda |
| Order: | Lepetellida |
| Superfamily: | Scissurelloidea |
| Family: | Larocheidae |
| Genus: | Larocheopsis B.A. Marshall, 1993 |
| Type species | |
| Larocheopsis amplexa B. A. Marshall, 1993 | |
Species
editSpecies within the genus Larocheopsis include:[1]
- Larocheopsis amplexa Marshall, 1993
- Larocheopsis macrostoma Geiger & B.A. Marshall, 2012
- † Larocheopsis microclathrata (Gougerot & Le Renard, 1977)
- Species brought into synonymy
- † Larocheopsis marshalli Lozouet, 1998: synonym of † Trogloconcha marshalli (Lozouet, 1998) (original combination)
References
edit- ^ a b Bouchet, P. (2012). Larocheopsis B.A. Marshall, 1993. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=493037 on 2013-02-16
- Marshall, B. A. (1993). The systematic position of Larochea Finlay, 1927, and introduction of a new genus and two new species (Gastropoda: Scissurellidae). Journal of Molluscan Studies 59: 285–294.
- Geiger, D.L. (2012). Monograph of the little slit shells. Volume 1. Introduction, Scissurellidae. pp. 1–728. Volume 2. Anatomidae, Larocheidae, Depressizonidae, Sutilizonidae, Temnocinclidae. pp. 729–1291. Santa Barbara Museum of Natural History Monographs. Number 7.
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