Triphoridae

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Triphoridae
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Order: Neotaenioglossa
Family: Triphoridae
Gray, 1847
Genera

See text.

Triphoridae are a family of very small sea snails, marine gastropod molluscs in the order Neotaenioglossa. Almost all species in this family are micromollusks.

[edit] Shell description

The shells of triphorids are small and extremely high-spired with numerous narrow whorls which often have distinctive sculpture. The majority of species in this family are left-handed or sinistral. (For an explanation of this term, see the section on chirality in the article gastropod shell.)

[edit] Genera within the family Triphoridae

  • Aclophora
  • Aclophoropsis
  • Bifornia
  • Bouchetriphora
  • Cautor
  • Cautor Finlay, 1927
  • Cerithiella
  • Cheirodonta
  • Cosmotriphora Olsson and Harbison, 1953
  • Euthymella
  • Eutriphora
  • Hedleytriphora
  • Inella
  • Iniforis Jousseaume, 1884
  • Isotriphora
  • Litharium
  • Marshallora Bouchet, 1985
  • Mastonia
  • Metaxia di Monterosato, 1884
  • Monophorus
  • Nerita
  • Notosinister
  • Nototriphora
  • Obesula
  • Risbecia
  • Seilarex
  • Similiphora Bouchet, 1985
  • Subulophora
  • Teretriphora Finlay, 1927
  • Tetraphora
  • Torresophora
  • Triforis
  • Triphora de Blainville, 1828
  • Triphoras
  • Triphoris
  • Tropidoturris
  • Viriola
  • Viriolopsis

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