Aclophoropsis festiva

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Aclophoropsis festiva
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Clade: Hypsogastropoda
Family: Triphoridae
Genus: Aclophoropsis
Species:
A. festiva
Binomial name
Aclophoropsis festiva
(A. Adams, 1851)
Synonyms
  • Cautor maculosaCotton & Godfrey, 1931 (not Hedley, 1903).
  • Notosinister festivaCotton & Godfrey, 1931
  • Triphora festivaA. Adams, 1854
  • Triphoris festivusA. Adams, 1854

Aclophoropsis festiva is a species of minute sea snails in the family Triphoridae. [1]

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Description

This a small prettily marked species with two rows of granules on each whorl and with the interstices deeply punctured. [2]

They have left-handed shell-coiling, (adult size from 6 – 12 mm) with very high spires.

Distribution

This species is endemic to Australia and occurs off South Australia, Tasmania, Victoria and Western Australia.

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References

  1. "WoRMS - World Register of Marine Species - Aclophoropsis festiva (A. Adams, 1854)". www.marinespecies.org. Retrieved 2019-11-23.
  2. Adams, A. (1854). Descriptions of new species of Eulima, Triphoris, etc. from the collection of Hugh Cuming, Esq. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London. (1851) 19: 276-279 PD-icon.svg This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain .