Aclophoropsis festiva

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Aclophoropsis festiva
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Clade: Hypsogastropoda
Family: Triphoridae
Genus: Aclophoropsis
Species:
A. festiva
Binomial name
Aclophoropsis festiva
(A. Adams, 1851)
Synonyms
  • Cautor maculosa Cotton & Godfrey, 1931 (not Hedley, 1903).
  • Notosinister festiva Cotton & Godfrey, 1931
  • Triphora festiva A. Adams, 1854
  • Triphoris festivus A. Adams, 1854

Aclophoropsis festiva is a species of small sea snails in the family Triphoridae.[1]

This a small prettily marked species with two rows of granules on each whorl and with the interstices deeply punctured. [2]

They have left-handed shell-coiling, (adult size from 6 – 12 mm) with very high spires.

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