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Family: Chilodontaidae



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59 species
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Chilodonta suduirauti
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Clypeostoma elongatum
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Clypeostoma nortoni
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Danilia stratmanni
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Max. Length 0.8 cm DL

 
Dentistyla dentifera
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Max. Length 0.9 cm DL

 
Dentistyla sericifilum
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Euchelus alarconi
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Photo by Modi, Shuanak

Indo-West Pacific.

Euchelus asper (Gmelin, 1791)

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Euchelus asper
[Four-keeled margarite]

Photo by Batoy, Corazon B.

Indo-West Pacific

Euchelus atratus (Gmelin, 1791)

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Euchelus atratus
[Blackish margarite]
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Max. Length 0.9 cm DL

 
Euchelus barbadensis
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Max. Length 0.3 cm DL

 
Euchelus bermudensis
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Max. Length 0.8 cm ShH

 
Euchelus clathratus
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Euchelus corbis
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Euchelus dentiferus
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Max. Length 0.7 cm DL

 
Euchelus eucastus
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Max. Length 0.6 cm DL

 
Euchelus guttarosea
[Red-spot topsnail]
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Max. Length 0.3 cm DL

 
Euchelus hummelincki
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Max. Length 1 cm ShH

 
Euchelus instrictus
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Euchelus pruinosus
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Granata imbricata
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Granata maculata
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Granata sulcifera
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Herpetopoma barbieri
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Photo by Coltro, Marcus

Central Pacific

Herpetopoma corrugatum (Pease, 1861)

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Herpetopoma corrugatum
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Herpetopoma eboreum
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Herpetopoma exasperatum
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Herpetopoma gemmatum
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Herpetopoma instrictum
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Herpetopoma naokoae
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Herpetopoma ringens
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Photo by Poppe, Guido and Philippe

Western Central Pacific

Herpetopoma rubrum (Adams, 1853)

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Herpetopoma rubrum
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Photo by Poppe, Guido and Philippe

Western Central Pacific

Hybochelus cancellatus (Krauss, 1848)

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Hybochelus cancellatus
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Hybochelus fossulatulus
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Max. Length 0.2 cm DL

 
Liotella crassicostata
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Lischkeia reginamaris
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Max. Length 0.4 cm DL

 
Mirachelus acanthus
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Max. Length 0.3 cm DL

 
Mirachelus urueuauau
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Perrinia cancellata
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Photo by Coltro, Marcus

Western Central Pacific

Perrinia cecileae Poppe, Tagaro & Dekker, 2006

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Perrinia cecileae
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Perrinia docili
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Perrinia elisa
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Perrinia nigromaculata
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Perrinia plicifera
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Perrinia squamicarinata
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Perrinia stellata
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Tibatrochus husaensis
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Tibatrochus incertus
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Vaceuchelus abdii
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Vaceuchelus angulatus
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Vaceuchelus clathratus
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Vaceuchelus foveolatus
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Vaceuchelus ludiviniae
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Vaceuchelus pagoboorum
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Vaceuchelus saguili
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Vaceuchelus vallesi
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Vaceuchelus vangoethemi
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Max. Length 0.3 cm DL

 
Vetulonia densilirata
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Max. Length 0.4 cm DL

 
Vetulonia jeffreysi
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Max. Length 0.3 cm DL

 
Vetulonia parajeffreysi
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Scientific Name English Name Distribution Max. Length (cm) Year
Chilodonta suduirauti Western Central Pacific 2006
Clypeostoma elongatum Western Central Pacific 2001
Clypeostoma nortoni Western Pacific 1984
Danilia stratmanni Western Central Pacific 2006
Dentistyla dentifera Western Central Atlantic. 0.8 DL 1889
Dentistyla sericifilum Western Atlantic. 0.9 DL 1889
Euchelus alarconi Southeast Pacific 1980
Euchelus asper Four-keeled margarite Indo-West Pacific. 1791
Euchelus atratus Blackish margarite Indo-West Pacific 1791
Euchelus barbadensis Western Atlantic. 0.9 DL 1927
Euchelus bermudensis Western Atlantic. 0.3 DL 1989
Euchelus clathratus Western Central Pacific 0.8 ShH 1853
Euchelus corbis Western Central Pacific 1889
Euchelus dentiferus Western Central Pacific 1889
Euchelus eucastus Western Atlantic. 0.7 DL 1889
Euchelus guttarosea Red-spot topsnail Western Central Atlantic. 0.6 DL 1889
Euchelus hummelincki Western Atlantic. 0.3 DL 1989
Euchelus instrictus Western Central Pacific 1 ShH 1849
Euchelus pruinosus Southwest Pacific 1979
Granata imbricata Eastern Indian Ocean 1816
Granata maculata Western Central Pacific 1834
Granata sulcifera Indo-West Pacific. 1822
Herpetopoma barbieri Western Central Pacific 2006
Herpetopoma corrugatum Central Pacific 1861
Herpetopoma eboreum Western Central Pacific 2003
Herpetopoma exasperatum Western Central Pacific 1853
Herpetopoma gemmatum Eastern Central Pacific 1845
Herpetopoma instrictum Western Central Pacific 1849
Herpetopoma naokoae Western Central Pacific 2006
Herpetopoma ringens Western Central Pacific 1908
Herpetopoma rubrum Western Central Pacific 1853
Hybochelus cancellatus Western Central Pacific 1848
Hybochelus fossulatulus Western Central Pacific 1875
Liotella crassicostata Western Atlantic. 0.2 DL 1908
Lischkeia reginamaris Western Central Pacific 1981
Mirachelus acanthus Western Atlantic. 0.4 DL 1991
Mirachelus urueuauau Western Atlantic. 0.3 DL 2009
Perrinia cancellata Western Central Pacific 1908
Perrinia cecileae Western Central Pacific 2006
Perrinia docili Western Central Pacific 2006
Perrinia elisa Western Central Pacific 1849
Perrinia nigromaculata Western Pacific 1908
Perrinia plicifera Western Central Pacific 1908
Perrinia squamicarinata Western Central Pacific 1908
Perrinia stellata Western Indian Ocean. 1864
Tibatrochus husaensis Western Central Pacific 1940
Tibatrochus incertus Western Pacific 1908
Vaceuchelus abdii Western Central Pacific 2006
Vaceuchelus angulatus Western Indian Ocean. 1867
Vaceuchelus clathratus Western Central Pacific 1853
Vaceuchelus foveolatus Pacific Ocean 1853
Vaceuchelus ludiviniae Western Central Pacific 2006
Vaceuchelus pagoboorum Western Central Pacific 2006
Vaceuchelus saguili Western Central Pacific 2006
Vaceuchelus vallesi Western Central Pacific 2006
Vaceuchelus vangoethemi Western Central Pacific 2006
Vetulonia densilirata Western Atlantic. 0.3 DL 1927
Vetulonia jeffreysi Atlantic Ocean. 0.4 DL 1913
Vetulonia parajeffreysi Western Atlantic. 0.3 DL 2005



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