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Haplocochlias

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Haplocochlias
Shell of Haplocochlias arawakorum (specimen at MNHN, Paris)
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Vetigastropoda
Order: Trochida
Superfamily: Trochoidea
Family: Skeneidae
Genus: Haplocochlias
Carpenter, 1864
Type species
Haplocochlias cyclophoreus
Carpenter, 1864

Haplocochlias is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Skeneidae.[1]

Description

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The solid, subperforate shell has a turbinate shape. The aperture is rounded. The thick peristome is continuous and exteriorly varicose. The columella is not callous.[2]

Species

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Species within the genus Haplocochlias include:

Species brought in to synonymy

References

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