Synaptocochlea

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Synaptocochlea
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Drawing of a shell of Synaptocochlea picta
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Vetigastropoda
Order: Trochida
Superfamily: Trochoidea
Family: Trochidae
Subfamily: Fossarininae
Genus: Synaptocochlea
Pilsbry, 1890 [1]
Type species
Stomatella montrouzieri
Pilsbry, 1890
Synonyms

Stomatella (Synaptocochlea)Pilsbry, 1890

Synaptocochlea is a genus of very small sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Trochidae, the top snails. [2]

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Description

The oval shell is intermediate between Stomatella and Gena in contour. The very short spire is sub-marginal. The surface is spirally striated or decussated. The very large aperture is longer than wide. The animal has an operculum. [3]

Distribution

This marine genus occurs in the tropical Indo-West Pacific, Indo-Malaysia, Oceania and off Australia (Northern Territory, Queensland, Western Australia)

Species

Species within the genus Synaptocochlea include:

The Indo-Pacific Molluscan Database also mentions the following species [6]

Species brought into synonymy

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