Lophocochlias Explained

Lophocochlias is a genus of minute sea snails or micromolluscs, marine gastropod molluscs in the family Tornidae.^[1]

Species

Species within the genus Lophocochlias include:

• † Lophocochlias oblongus Lozouet, 2011
• Lophocochlias parvissimus (Hedley, 1899)
• † Lophocochlias paucicarinatus Ladd, 1966 †
• Lophocochlias procerus Rubio & Rolán, 2015
• † Lophocochlias stampinensis Lozouet, 2011 †

Species brought into synonymy:

• Lophocochlias escondidus Poppe, Tagaro & Goto, 2018: synonym of Crosseola escondida (Poppe, Tagaro & Goto, 2018) (original combination)
• Lophocochlias minutissimus (Pilsbry, 1921): synonym of Lophocochlias parvissimus (Hedley, 1899)

References

• Lozouet (P.), 2011 Nouvelles espèces de gastéropodes (Mollusca: Gastropoda) de l’Oligocène et du Miocène inférieur d’Aquitaine (Sud-Ouest de la France). Partie 4. Cossmanniana, t. 13, p. 49-58 (

External links

• Pilsbry H.A. 1921. Marine mollusks of Hawaii, XIV-XV. Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences, 72: 360-383
• Rubio F. & Rolán E. (2015). The genus Lophocochlias Pilsbry, 1921 (Gastropoda, Tornidae) in the Indo-West Pacific. Novapex. 16(4): 105-120

Notes and References

1. MolluscaBase eds. (2021). MolluscaBase. Lophocochlias Pilsbry, 1921. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=730992 on 2021-05-15