Biology:Haplocochlias

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Short description: Genus of gastropods

Haplocochlias
Haplocochlias arawakorum (MNHN-IM-2012-7815).jpeg
Shell of Haplocochlias arawakorum (specimen at MNHN, Paris)
Scientific classification e
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Vetigastropoda
Order: Trochida
Superfamily: Trochoidea
Family: Skeneidae
Genus: Haplocochlias
Carpenter, 1864
Type species
Haplocochlias cyclophoreus
Carpenter, 1864

Haplocochlias is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Skeneidae.[1]

Description

The solid, subperforate shell has a turbinate shape. The aperture is rounded. The thick peristome is continuous and exteriorly varicose. The columella is not callous.[2]

Species

Species within the genus Haplocochlias include:

Species brought in to synonymy

References

External links

Wikidata ☰ Q3170072 entry