Aclophoropsis festiva is a species of small sea snails in the family Triphoridae.
Description This a small prettily marked species with two rows of granules on each whorl and with the interstices deeply punctured. Adams, A. (1854). Descriptions of new species of Eulima, Triphoris, etc. from the collection of Hugh Cuming, Esq. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London. (1851) 19: 276-279
They have left-handed shell-coiling, (adult size from 6 – 12 mm) with very high spires.
Distribution This species is endemic to Australia and occurs off South Australia, Tasmania, Victoria and Western Australia.
References
Tate, R. & May, W.L. 1901. A revised census of the marine Mollusca of Tasmania. Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales 26(3): 344-471 Verco, J.C. 1909. Notes on South Australian marine Mollusca with descriptions of new species. Part XI. Transactions of the Royal Society of South Australia 33: 277-292 [ Cotton, B.C. & Godfrey, F.K. 1931. South Australian shells. South Australian Naturalist 12(4): 51-63 Wilson, B. 1993. Australian Marine Shells. Prosobranch Gastropods. Kallaroo, Western Australia : Odyssey Publishing Vol. 1 408 pp.
External links Albano, P. G.; Bakker, P. A. J.; Sabelli, B. (2019). Annotated catalogue of the types of Triphoridae (Mollusca, Gastropoda) in the Natural History Museum of the United Kingdom, London. Zoosystematics and Evolution. 95(1): 161-308. Marshall, B. A. (1983). A revision of the Recent Triphoridae of southern Australia. Records of the Australian Museum, supplement. 2: 1-119