Synaptocochlea | |
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Drawing of a shell of Synaptocochlea picta | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Mollusca |
Class: | Gastropoda |
Subclass: | Vetigastropoda |
Order: | Trochida |
Superfamily: | Trochoidea |
Family: | Trochidae |
Subfamily: | Fossarininae |
Genus: |
Synaptocochlea Pilsbry, 1890 [1] |
Type species | |
Stomatella montrouzieri Pilsbry, 1890
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Synonyms | |
Stomatella (Synaptocochlea) Pilsbry, 1890 |
Synaptocochlea is a genus of very small sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Trochidae, the top snails. [2]
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]
This marine genus occurs in the tropical Indo-West Pacific, Indo-Malaysia, Oceania and off Australia ( Northern Territory, Queensland, Western Australia)
Species within the genus Synaptocochlea include:
The Indo-Pacific Molluscan Database also mentions the following species [6]