Synaptocochlea
Genus of gastropods
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Synaptocochlea is a genus of very small sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Trochidae, the top snails.[2]
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| Drawing of a shell of Synaptocochlea picta | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Vetigastropoda |
| Order: | Trochida |
| Family: | Trochidae |
| Subfamily: | Fossarininae |
| Genus: | Synaptocochlea Pilsbry, 1890[1] |
| Type species | |
| Stomatella montrouzieri Pilsbry, 1890 | |
| Synonyms | |
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Stomatella (Synaptocochlea) Pilsbry, 1890 | |
Description
The oval shell is intermediate between Stomatella and Gena in contour. The very short spire is sub-marginal. The surface is spirally striated or decussated. The very large aperture is longer than it is wide. The animal has an operculum.[3]
Distribution
This marine genus occurs in the tropical Indo-West Pacific, Indo-Malaysia, Oceania and off Australia (Northern Territory, Queensland, Western Australia)
Species
Species within the genus Synaptocochlea include:
- Synaptocochlea asperulata (A. Adams, 1850)
- Synaptocochlea belmonti Simone, 2009[4]
- Synaptocochlea caliginosa H. & A. Adams, 1863
- Synaptocochlea concinna (Gould, 1845)
- Synaptocochlea granosa (Lambert, 1874)
- Synaptocochlea montrouzieri (Pilsbry, 1890)
- Synaptocochlea picta (d'Orbigny, 1847)[5]
- Synaptocochlea pulchella (A. Adams, 1850)
- Synaptocochlea stellata (Souverbie, 1863)
The Indo-Pacific Molluscan Database also mentions the following species [6]
- Synaptocochlea hexagonum Philippi, 1850
- Synaptocochlea tursicus Reeve, 1848
- Species brought into synonymy
- Synaptocochlea inconcinna auct. non Pilsbry, 1921: synonym of Synaptocochlea picta (d'Orbigny, 1847)
- Synaptocochlea lactea Usticke, 1959: synonym of Synaptocochlea picta (d'Orbigny, 1847)
- Synaptocochlea nigrita Rehder, 1939: synonym of Synaptocochlea picta (d'Orbigny, 1847)
- Synaptocochlea picta (Montrouzier in Souverbie & Montrouzier, 1862): synonym of Synaptocochlea montrouzieri (Pilsbry, 1890)