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

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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.

References

GMELIN, J. F. 1791. In: Linnaeus, C. Systema Naturae …. 13 th ed. Vol. 1, part 6. Leipzig: Georg Emanuel Beer, pp. 2225 - 3910.

HERRMANNSEN, A. N. 1846 - 1847. Index generum malacozoorum primordia. Cassell: T. Fischer. Vol. 1: Part 1: 1 - 104 [1846]; Part 2: 105 - 232 [1846]; Part 3: 233 - 360 [1847]; Part 4: 361 - 488 [1847]; Part 5: 489 - 637 [1847].