Vaceuchelus

Vaceuchelus is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod molluscs in the family Chilodontaidae.

Vaceuchelus
Drawing of a shell of Vaceuchelus semilugubris
Kingdom:Animalia
Phylum:Mollusca
Class:Gastropoda
Subclass:Vetigastropoda
Family:Chilodontaidae
Genus:VaceuchelusIredale, 1929
Euchelus angulatusPease, 1867

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Vaceuchelus is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod molluscs in the family Chilodontaidae.

This genus occurs in the Indo Pacific, from the Red Sea to French Polynesia; also off Australia.

Species within the genus Vaceuchelus include:

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)

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  • 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

  • Iredale, T. (1929). Queensland molluscan notes, No. 1. Memoirs of the Queensland Museum. 9(3): 261-297, pls 30-31

  • Herbert 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

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