''Vaceuchelus'' is a
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of
sea snail
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s,
marine
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gastropod
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mollusc
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s in the
family
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Chilodontaidae
Chilodontaidae is a taxonomic family of mostly small deepwater sea snails, marine gastropod molluscs in the clade Vetigastropoda (according to the taxonomy of the Gastropoda by Bouchet & Rocroi, 2005).
Taxonomy
The family was previously in ...
.
Distribution
This genus occurs in the Indo Pacific, from the
Red Sea
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to
French Polynesia
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; also off
Australia
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.
Species
Species within the genus ''Vaceuchelus'' include:
* ''
Vaceuchelus abdii''
Poppe, Tagaro & Dekker, 2006
* ''
Vaceuchelus ampullus''
(Tate, 1893)
* ''
Vaceuchelus auricatris''
Huang & Fu, 2015
* ''
Vaceuchelus cavernoides''
Vilvens, 2017
* ''
Vaceuchelus cavernosus''
(G.B. Sowerby III, 1905)
* ''
Vaceuchelus clathratus''
(A. Adams, 1853)
* ''
Vaceuchelus cretaceus
''Vaceuchelus cretaceus'' is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Chilodontaidae.Bouchet, P. (2012). ''Vaceuchelus cretaceus'' Herbert, 2012. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinesp ...
''
Herbert, 2012
* ''
Vaceuchelus delpretei''
(Caramagna, 1888)
* ''
Vaceuchelus entienzai''
Poppe & Tagaro, 2016
* ''
Vaceuchelus favosus''
(Melvill & Standen, 1896)
* ''
Vaceuchelus foveolatus''
(A. Adams, 1853)
* ''
Vaceuchelus gemmula''
(Turton, 1932)
* ''
Vaceuchelus gotoi''
Poppe & Tagarao, 2020
* ''
Vaceuchelus jayorum''
Herbert, 2012
* ''
Vaceuchelus natalensis''
(E.A. Smith, 1906)
* ''
Vaceuchelus pagoboorum''
Poppe, Tagaro & Dekker, 2006
* ''
Vaceuchelus phaios''
Vilvens, 2017
* ''
Vaceuchelus profundior''
(May, 1915)
* ''
Vaceuchelus rapaensis''
(Vilvens, 2017)
* ''
Vaceuchelus scrobiculatus''
(Souverbie, 1866)
* ''
Vaceuchelus semilugubris
''Vaceuchelus semilugubris'' is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Chilodontaidae.Bouchet, P. (2012). ''Vaceuchelus semilugubris'' (Deshayes, 1863). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www ...
''
(Deshayes, 1863)
* ''
Vaceuchelus vallesi''
Poppe, Tagaro & Dekker, 2006
* ''
Vaceuchelus vangoethemi''
Poppe, Tagaro & Dekker, 2006
;Synonyms:
* ''Vaceuchelus angulatus''
(Pease, 1867): synonym of ''
Vaceuchelus foveolatus''
(A. Adams, 1853) (junior subjective synonym)
* ''Vaceuchelus ludiviniae''
Poppe, Tagaro & Dekker, 2006: synonym of ''
Herpetopoma ludiviniae''
(Poppe, Tagaro & H. Dekker, 2006) (original combination)
* ''Vaceuchelus mysticus''
(Pilsbry, 1890): synonym of ''
Euchelus mysticus''
Pilsbry, 1889
* ''Vaceuchelus roseolus''
(G. Nevill & H. Nevill, 1869): synonym of ''
Tallorbis roseola''
G. Nevill & H. Nevill, 1869
* ''Vaceuchelus saguili''
Poppe, Tagaro & Dekker, 2006:
synonym of ''
Vaceuchelus favosus''
(Melvill & Standen, 1896)
References
* Wilson, B. 1993. Australian Marine Shells. Prosobranch Gastropods. Kallaroo, Western Australia : Odyssey Publishing Vol. 1 408 pp.
* Poppe G.T., Tagaro S.P. & Dekker H. (2006) ''The Seguenziidae, Chilodontidae, Trochidae, Calliostomatidae and Solariellidae of the Philippine Islands''. Visaya Supplement 2: 1-228. page(s): 47
External links
Iredale, T. (1929). Queensland molluscan notes, No. 1. Memoirs of the Queensland Museum. 9(3): 261-297, pls 30-31Herbert D.G. (2012) ''A revision of the Chilodontidae (Gastropoda: Vetigastropoda: Seguenzioidea) of southern Africa and the south-western Indian Ocean''. African Invertebrates, 53(2): 381–502
Chilodontaidae
Gastropod genera
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