Haplocochlias cyclophoreus
Species of gastropod
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Haplocochlias cyclophoreus is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Skeneidae.[1][2]
| Haplocochlias cyclophoreus | |
|---|---|
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Vetigastropoda |
| Order: | Trochida |
| Family: | Skeneidae |
| Genus: | Haplocochlias |
| Species: | H. cyclophoreus |
| Binomial name | |
| Haplocochlias cyclophoreus Carpenter, 1864 | |
Description
The diameter of the shell is 5 mm. The compact, small, solid, shining shell has a whitish or light yellowish color. It contains 5 whorls that enlarge. The suture is impressed. The shell is very minutely spirally striate. The aperture is rounded. The thickened peristome is continuous. and varicose exteriorly. The inner lips aredistinct. The shell is umbilicated in the juvenile, but rimate in the adult.[3]
Description
This species occurs in the Pacific Ocean off Lower California, Mexico.