''Larocheopsis'' is a
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of small to minute
sea snail
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s,
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gastropod
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mollusk
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s or
micromollusk
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s in the
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Larocheidae
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.
[Bouchet, P. (2012). ''Larocheopsis'' B.A. Marshall, 1993. Accessed through: ]World Register of Marine Species
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Species
Species within the genus ''Larocheopsis'' include:
* ''
Larocheopsis amplexa''
Marshall, 1993
* ''
Larocheopsis macrostoma''
Geiger & B.A. Marshall, 2012
* † ''
Larocheopsis microclathrata''
(Gougerot & Le Renard, 1977)
;Species brought into synonymy:''
* † ''Larocheopsis marshalli''
Lozouet, 1998: synonym of † ''
Trogloconcha marshalli''
(Lozouet, 1998) (original combination)
References
* Marshall, B. A. (1993). The systematic position of Larochea Finlay, 1927, and introduction of a new genus and two new species (Gastropoda: Scissurellidae). Journal of Molluscan Studies 59: 285-294.
* Geiger, D.L. (2012). Monograph of the little slit shells. Volume 1. Introduction, Scissurellidae. pp. 1-728. Volume 2. Anatomidae, Larocheidae, Depressizonidae, Sutilizonidae, Temnocinclidae. pp. 729-1291. Santa Barbara Museum of Natural History Monographs. Number 7.
External links
To World Register of Marine Species
Larocheidae
{{Larocheidae-stub