Larocheopsis

Larocheopsis
Larocheopsis marshalli shells
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Subclass:	Vetigastropoda
Order:	Lepetellida
Superfamily:	Scissurelloidea
Family:	Larocheidae
Genus:	Larocheopsis B.A. Marshall, 1993
Type species
Larocheopsis amplexa B. A. Marshall, 1993

Larocheopsis is a genus of small to minute sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks or micromollusks in the family Larocheidae.

Species

Species within the genus Larocheopsis include:

• Larocheopsis amplexa Marshall, 1993
• Larocheopsis macrostoma Geiger & B.A. Marshall, 2012
• † Larocheopsis microclathrata (Gougerot & Le Renard, 1977)

Species brought into synonymy

• † Larocheopsis marshalli Lozouet, 1998: synonym of † Trogloconcha marshalli (Lozouet, 1998) (original combination)

References

• Marshall, B. A. (1993). The systematic position of Larochea Finlay, 1927, and introduction of a new genus and two new species (Gastropoda: Scissurellidae). Journal of Molluscan Studies 59: 285–294.
• Geiger, D.L. (2012). Monograph of the little slit shells. Volume 1. Introduction, Scissurellidae. pp. 1–728. Volume 2. Anatomidae, Larocheidae, Depressizonidae, Sutilizonidae, Temnocinclidae. pp. 729–1291. Santa Barbara Museum of Natural History Monographs. Number 7.

External links

• World Register of Marine Species