Poole, Karen E.
Euchelus
Sign in to saveEuchelus is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Chilodontaidae (formerly in the family Trochidae).
Species
KINGDOM
- KingdomAnimalia
- PhylumMollusca
- ClassGastropoda
- OrderSeguenziida
- FamilyChilodontidae
via GBIF
Museum specimens
- Specimen records
- 726
- With media
- 13
- Family
- Chilodontaidae
- Collections
- RBINS-SCIENTIFIC HERITAGE, UF, DMNH, PRI, USNM, FMNH
- Recorded in
- New Zealand, Indonesia, Australia, New Caledonia, Philippines, Jamaica, United States, India
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- taxon
- Parent taxon
- Chilodontaidae
- Image
- Euchelus asper 002.jpg
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- topic's main category
- Category:Euchelus
- taxon name
- Euchelus
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- genus
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- Euchelus
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Encyclopedic overview
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Euchelus is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Chilodontaidae (formerly in the family Trochidae).
==Description== The umbilicate or imperforate shell has a globose-turbinate shape. It is umbilicate or imperforate. The whorls are rounded and with spirally granose revolving ribs. The aperture is subcircular. The outer lip is thickened, and crenulate within. The columella shows a central tooth or a notch at the base. The operculum has few whorls that are rapidly increasing.
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