Eurytrochus
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| 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 | |
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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]
Distribution
This marine species occurs in Oceania, Japan, the Philippines and Australia (New South Wales, Queensland, Victoria)
