''Larocheopsis'' is a
genus
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of small to minute
sea snail
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s,
marine gastropod
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This class comprises snails and slugs from saltwater, freshwater, and fro ...
mollusk
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s or
micromollusk
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s in the
family
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Larocheidae
Larocheidae is a family of small to minute sea snails, marine gastropod molluscs or micromollusc
A micromollusc is a shelled mollusc which is extremely small, even at full adult size. The word is usually, but not exclusively, applied to ...
.
[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
World Register of Marine Species
Larocheidae
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