Haplocochlias cyclophoreus
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 |
| Clade: | Vetigastropoda |
| Order: | Trochida |
| Superfamily: | Trochoidea |
| 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.
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References
- Rosenberg, G. (2012). Haplocochlias cyclophoreus Carpenter, 1864. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=575619 on 2012-09-01
- Keen M. (1971) Sea shells of tropical West America. Marine mollusks from Baja California to Perú, ed. 2. Stanford University Press. 1064 pp.
- G.W. Tryon (1888), Manual of Conchology X; Academy of Natural Sciences, Philadelphia
External links
- To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Mollusca Collection
- To World Register of Marine Species
- "Haplocochlias cyclophoreus". Gastropods.com. Retrieved 16 January 2019.
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