Eurytrochus | |
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Shell of Eurytrochus reevei (paralectotype at MNHN, Paris) | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Mollusca |
Class: | Gastropoda |
Subclass: | Vetigastropoda |
Order: | Trochida |
Superfamily: | Trochoidea |
Family: | Trochidae |
Genus: |
Eurytrochus P. Fischer, 1879 [1] |
Type species | |
Clanculus danieli Crosse, H., 1862
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Synonyms | |
Gibbula (Eurytrochus) Fischer, 1879 |
Eurytrochus is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the subfamily Trochinae of the family Trochidae, the top snails. [2]
The small shell is spirally lirate, depressed, and umbilicate. The body whorl is deflected toward the aperture. The oblique aperture is rounded-quadrangular. The terminations of the lips are approaching, connected by a callus. The outer and basal lips are crenulated within. [3]
This marine species occurs in Oceania, Japan, the Philippines and Australia ( New South Wales, Queensland, Victoria)
Species within the genus Eurytrochus include: [2]
Eurytrochus | |
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Shell of Eurytrochus reevei (paralectotype at MNHN, Paris) | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Mollusca |
Class: | Gastropoda |
Subclass: | Vetigastropoda |
Order: | Trochida |
Superfamily: | Trochoidea |
Family: | Trochidae |
Genus: |
Eurytrochus P. Fischer, 1879 [1] |
Type species | |
Clanculus danieli Crosse, H., 1862
| |
Synonyms | |
Gibbula (Eurytrochus) Fischer, 1879 |
Eurytrochus is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the subfamily Trochinae of the family Trochidae, the top snails. [2]
The small shell is spirally lirate, depressed, and umbilicate. The body whorl is deflected toward the aperture. The oblique aperture is rounded-quadrangular. The terminations of the lips are approaching, connected by a callus. The outer and basal lips are crenulated within. [3]
This marine species occurs in Oceania, Japan, the Philippines and Australia ( New South Wales, Queensland, Victoria)
Species within the genus Eurytrochus include: [2]