Aclophoropsis univitta, common name the splashed sinistral creeper, is a species of minute sea snails in the family Triphoridae.[1]
Aclophoropsis univitta | |
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Shell of Aclophoropsis univitta (lectotype at the Australian Museum) | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Mollusca |
Class: | Gastropoda |
Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
Clade: | Hypsogastropoda |
Superfamily: | Triphoroidea |
Family: | Triphoridae |
Genus: | Aclophoropsis |
Species: | A. univitta
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Binomial name | |
Aclophoropsis univitta (Laseron, 1954)
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Synonyms | |
Notosinister univitta Laseron, 1954 (original combination) |
Description
editThe length of the shell attains 6 mm.
Distribution
editThis species occurs off Australia (New South Wales).
References
edit- ^ MolluscaBase eds. (2024). MolluscaBase. Aclophoropsis univitta (Laseron, 1954). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=592581 on 2024-03-06
- Laseron, C. 1958. The Family Triphoridae (Mollusca) from Northern Australia, also Triphoridae from Christmas Island (Indian Ocean). Australian Journal of Marine and Freshwater Research 9(4): 569–658, figs 1–255
- Iredale, T. & McMichael, D.F. 1962. A reference list of the marine Mollusca of New South Wales. Memoirs of the Australian Museum 11: 1–109