Aclophoropsis
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| Aclophoropsis | |
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| Two shells of Aclophoropsis festiva | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
| Order: | incertae sedis |
| Superfamily: | Triphoroidea |
| Family: | Triphoridae |
| Genus: | Aclophoropsis Marshall, 1983 |
| Type species | |
| Triphoris festivus A. Adams, 1854 | |
Aclophoropsis is a genus of minute sea snails with left-handed shell-coiling, marine gastropod mollusks or micromollusks in the family Triphoridae.[1]
These small snails have left-handed shells (adult size from 6 – 12 mm) with very high spires.
Distribution
These small sea snails are found in Australia (Victoria, New South Wales), Tasmania, and French Polynesia
