Haplocochlias

Haplocochlias
Drawing with an apertural view of a shell of Haplocochlias compactus
Scientific classification
Kingdom:Animalia
Phylum:Mollusca
Class:Gastropoda
Clade:Vetigastropoda
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

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

Species within the genus Haplocochlias include:

Species brought in to synonymy

References

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