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Aclophoropsis

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

Species

GENUS

  1. KingdomAnimalia
  2. PhylumMollusca
  3. ClassGastropoda
  4. OrderCaenogastropoda incertae sedis
  5. FamilyTriphoridae
Habitatmarine

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Specimen records
11
Family
Triphoridae
Collections
AM, SAMA
Recorded in
Australia, Fiji, Kiribati, Philippines, New Zealand

Wikidata facts

Instance of
taxon
Parent taxon
Triphoridae
Image
Aclophoropsis festiva 001.jpg
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taxon name
Aclophoropsis
taxon rank
genus
Commons category
Aclophoropsis
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Encyclopedic overview

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Contents
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  • Distribution
  • Species
  • References
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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.

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