• Source: Euchelus

Euchelus is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Chilodontaidae (formerly in the family Trochidae).




Description


The umbilicate or imperforate shell has a globose-turbinate shape. It is umbilicate or imperforate. The whorls are rounded and with spirally granose revolving ribs. The aperture is subcircular. The outer lip is thickened, and crenulate within. The columella shows a central tooth or a notch at the base. The operculum has few whorls that are rapidly increasing.




Distribution


This marine species occur in the Indo-Pacific.




Species


Species within the genus Euchelus include:

Euchelus alarconi Rehder, 1980
Euchelus asper (Gmelin, 1791)
Euchelus atratus (Gmelin, 1791)
Euchelus barbadensis Dall, 1927
Euchelus bermudensis Moolenbeek & Faber, 1989
Euchelus bitoi Nomura & Hatai, 1940
Euchelus circulatus (Anton, 1849)
Euchelus dampierensis Jansen, 1994
Euchelus decora Poppe & Tagaro, 2016
Euchelus eucastus Dall, 1927
Euchelus guttarosea Dall, 1889
Euchelus horridus (Philippi, 1846)
Euchelus hummelincki Moolenbeek & Faber, 1989
Euchelus mysticus Pilsbry, 1889
Euchelus oxytropis (Philippi, 1848)
Euchelus persicus (E. von Martens, 1874)
Euchelus polysarkon Vilvens, 2017
Euchelus pullatus Anton, 1848
Euchelus scaber (Linnaeus, 1758)
Taxon inquirendum

Euchelus maculosus Pease, 1863
Species brought into synonymy

Euchelus (Herpetopoma) Pilsbry, 1890; synonym of Herpetopoma Pilsbry, 1890
Euchelus (Nevillia) H. Adams, 1868; synonym of Nevillia H. Adams, 1868
Euchelus alabastrum (Reeve, 1858); synonym of Euchelus asper (Gmelin, 1791)
Euchelus alarconi Rehder, 1980: synonym of Herpetopoma alarconi (Rehder, 1980)
Euchelus ampullus Tate, 1893; synonym of Vaceuchelus ampullus (Tate, 1893)
Euchelus angulatus Pease, 1867; synonym of Vaceuchelus angulatus (Pease, 1867)
Euchelus bellus Hutton, 1873; synonym of Herpetopoma bellum (Hutton, 1873)
Euchelus bicinctus Philippi, 1849: synonym of Clanculus tonnerrei (G. Nevill & H. Nevill, 1874)
Euchelus bourcierei Crosse, 1863: synonym of Herpetopoma instrictum (Gould, 1849)
Euchelus bronni Dunker, 1860: synonym of Clanculus bronni Dunker, 1860
Euchelus corrugatus Pease, 1861: synonym of Herpetopoma corrugatum (Pease, 1861)
Euchelus erythraeensis Sturany, 1903; synonym of Clanculus tonnerrei (G. Nevill & H. Nevill, 1874)
Euchelus favosus Melvill & Standen, 1896; synonym of Vaceuchelus clathratus (A. Adams, 1853)
Euchelus fischeri (Montrouzier in Souverbie & Montrouzier, 1866): synonym of Monodonta fischeri Montrouzier [in Souverbie & Montrouzier], 1866; synonym of Herpetopoma fischeri (Montrouzier [in Souverbie & Montrouzier], 1866); synonym of Herpetopoma exasperatum (A. Adams, 1853)
Euchelus gemmula Turton, 1932; synonym of Vaceuchelus gemmula (Turton, 1932)
Euchelus gemmatus (Gould, 1845): synonym of Herpetopoma gemmatum (Gould, 1845)
Euchelus hachijoensis Pilsbry, 1904: synonym of Herpetopoma rubrum (A. Adams, 1851)
Euchelus lamberti (Souverbie in Souverbie & Montrouzier, 1875): synonym of Tallorbis roseola G. Nevill & H. Nevill, 1869
Euchelus lischkei Pilsbry, 1904: synonym of Herpetopoma lischkei (Pilsbry, 1904)
Euchelus midwayensis Habe & Kosuge, 1970: synonym of Danilia eucheliformis (Nomura & Hatai, 1940)
Euchelus natalensis E. A. Smith, 1906; synonym of Vaceuchelus natalensis (E. A. Smith, 1906)
Euchelus profundior May, 1915; synonym of Vaceuchelus profundior (May, 1915)
Euchelus providentiae Melvill, 1909: synonym of Herpetopoma providentiae (Melvill, 1909)
Euchelus quadricarinatus (Holten, 1802): synonym of Euchelus asper (Gmelin, 1791)
Euchelus ringens Schepman, 1908; synonym of Herpetopoma ringens (Schepman, 1908)
Euchelus ruber: synonym of Herpetopoma rubrum (A. Adams, 1853)
Euchelus scabriusculus A. Adams & Angas, 1867; synonym of Herpetopoma scabriusculum (A. Adams & Angas, 1867)
Euchelus scrobiculatus (Souverbie, 1886); synonym of Vaceuchelus scrobiculatus (Souverbie, 1866)
Euchelus seychellarum G. Nevill & H. Nevill, 1869; synonym of Herpetopoma seychellarum (G. Nevill & H. Nevill, 1869)
Euchelus smithi Dunker, R.W., 1882: synonym of Monilea smithi (Wood, 1828)
Euchelus townsendianus Melvill & Standen, 1903; synonym of Clypeostoma townsendianum (Melvill & Standen, 1903)
Euchelus xeniolum Melvill, 1918; synonym of Herpetopoma xeniolum (Melvill, 1918)




References



Vaught, K.C. (1989). A classification of the living Mollusca. American Malacologists: Melbourne, FL (USA). ISBN 0-915826-22-4. XII, 195 pp
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

Kata Kunci Pencarian:

• Euchelus
• Euchelus asper
• Euchelus circulatus
• Euchelus dampierensis
• Euchelus guttarosea
• Euchelus eucastus
• Vaceuchelus gemmula
• Euchelus hummelincki
• Vaceuchelus scrobiculatus
• Ascetostoma ringens