Euchelus Philippi, 1847

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), pp. 381-381 : 425

publication ID	https://doi.org/ 10.5733/afin.053.0209
DOI	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.7917697
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scientific name	Euchelus Philippi, 1847
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Genus Euchelus Philippi, 1847 View in CoL View at ENA

Euchelus: Philippi 1847: 20 View in CoL . Type species: Trochus quadricarinatus [Chem.] Holten, 1802 [= Trochus asper Gmelin, 1791 ], by subsequent designation ( Herrmannsen 1847: 430).

Species of Euchelus View in CoL s.s. are generally larger shelled than those of Herpetopoma View in CoL , have a single weak columella tooth and lack a deep U-shaped notch at the base of the columella. Evidently Euchelus View in CoL s.s. is scarce in the south-western Indian Ocean. Only two species have been recorded from the region and I have seen no further material referable to this genus.