Moelleriopsis
Genus of gastropods
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Moelleriopsis is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks unassigned in the superfamily Seguenzioidea.[1]
| Moelleriopsis | |
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| Original drawing with two views of a shell of Moelleriopsis abyssicola | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Vetigastropoda |
| Superfamily: | Seguenzioidea |
| Family: | incertae sedis |
| Genus: | Moelleriopsis Bush, 1897 |
| Type species | |
| Moelleriopsis abyssicola Bush, K.J., 1897 | |
| Synonyms[1] | |
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Description
The small shell of these deep-water species is relatively thin. It is white under a golden brown or olive brown epidermis. It contains few, convex whorls, forming an elevated spire and large body whorl. The suture is distinct. The round and deep umbilicus has a moderate size, showing some of the whorls. The circular aperture is slightly oblique. The peristome is continuous with a thin, sharp edge, appearing thickened within. It is attached to the body whorl only for a short distance.[2]
Species
Species within the genus Moelleriopsis include:
- Moelleriopsis abyssicola Bush, 1897
- Moelleriopsis atlantis Hoffman, Gofas & Freiwald, 2020
- †Moelleriopsis carinaspira Lozouet, 1999
- Moelleriopsis gritta Hoffman in Hoffman, Gofas & Freiwald, 2020
- Moelleriopsis messanensis (Seguenza, 1876)[3]
- Moelleriopsis meteorminora Hoffman, Gofas & Freiwald, 2020
- Moelleriopsis nipponica (Okutani, 1964)
- Moelleriopsis normani (Dautzenberg & H. Fischer, 1897)[4]
- Moelleriopsis poppei Engl, 2012
- Moelleriopsis richardi (Dautzenberg & H. Fischer, 1896)[5]
- Moelleriopsis sincera (Dall, 1890)
- Moelleriopsis valvatoides (Jeffreys, 1883)
- Moelleriopsis vemae (Clarke, 1961)
- Moelleriopsis watsoni (Tryon, 1888)
- Species brought into synonymy
- Moelleriopsis valvatoides (Jeffreys, 1883): synonym of Skenea valvatoides (Jeffreys, 1883)
