''Haplocochlias cyclophoreus'' is a
species of
sea snail
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gastropod
The gastropods (), commonly known as snails and slugs, belong to a large taxonomic class of invertebrates within the phylum Mollusca called Gastropoda ().
This class comprises snails and slugs from saltwater, from freshwater, and from land. T ...
mollusk in the
family Skeneidae
The Skeneidae are a speciose family of minute to small marine gastropod molluscs in the superfamily Trochoidea.Bouchet, P.; Gofas, S. (2013). Skeneidae. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php ...
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[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]
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
whorl
A whorl ( or ) is an individual circle, oval, volution or equivalent in a whorled pattern, which consists of a spiral or multiple concentric objects (including circles, ovals and arcs).
Whorls in nature
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s 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.
G.W. Tryon (1888), Manual of Conchology X; Academy of Natural Sciences, Philadelphia
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Description
This species occurs in the Pacific Ocean off Lower California
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References
External links
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Mollusca Collection
To World Register of Marine Species
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cyclophoreus
Gastropods described in 1864