Euchelus

Euchelus
Apertural view of a shell of Euchelus asper
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
(unranked):	clade Vetigastropoda*
Superfamily:	Seguenzioidea
Family:	Chilodontidae
Genus:	Euchelus Philippi, 1847
Type species
Trochus quadricarinatus Holten, 1802
Synonyms
Trochus (Euchelus) Philippi, 1847

Trochus (Euchelus) Philippi, 1847

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

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.

This species occurs in the Indo-Pacific.

Species within the genus Euchelus include:

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