{{Short description|Genus of gastropods}} {{Automatic taxobox | image = Euchelus asper 002.jpg | image_caption = Apertural view of a shell of ''Euchelus asper'' | taxon = Euchelus | authority = Philippi, 1847 | synonyms_ref = | synonyms = ''Trochus (Euchelus)'' <small>Philippi, 1847</small> | type_species = ''Trochus quadricarinatus'' | type_species_authority = Holten, 1802 |display_parents= 3 }}

'''''Euchelus''''' is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Chilodontaidae (formerly in the family Trochidae).<ref name="WoRMS">{{WRMS species|204535|''Euchelus'' Philippi, 1847||25 March 2013}}</ref>

==Description== 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.<ref>[https://archive.org/details/manualofconcholo111tryo Tryon (1889), Manual of Conchology XI, Academy of Natural Sciences, Philadelphia]</ref>

==Distribution== These marine species occur in the Indo-Pacific.

==Species== Species within the genus ''Euchelus'' include: * ''Euchelus alarconi'' <small>Rehder, 1980</small> * ''Euchelus asper'' <small>(Gmelin, 1791)</small> * ''Euchelus atratus'' <small>(Gmelin, 1791)</small><ref>{{WRMS species|216300|''Euchelus atratus'' (Gmelin, 1791)||1 May 2010}}</ref> * ''Euchelus barbadensis'' <small>Dall, 1927</small> * ''Euchelus bermudensis'' <small>Moolenbeek & Faber, 1989</small> * ''Euchelus bitoi'' <small>Nomura & Hatai, 1940</small> * ''Euchelus circulatus'' <small>(Anton, 1849)</small> * ''Euchelus dampierensis'' <small>Jansen, 1994</small> * ''Euchelus decora'' <small>Poppe & Tagaro, 2016</small> * ''Euchelus eucastus'' <small>Dall, 1927</small> * ''Euchelus guttarosea'' <small>Dall, 1889</small><ref>{{WRMS species|419391|''Euchelus guttarosea'' Dall, 1889||1 May 2010}}</ref> * ''Euchelus horridus'' <small>(Philippi, 1846)</small> * ''Euchelus hummelincki'' <small>Moolenbeek & Faber, 1989</small> * ''Euchelus mysticus'' <small>Pilsbry, 1889</small> * ''Euchelus oxytropis'' <small>(Philippi, 1848)</small> * ''Euchelus persicus'' <small>(E. von Martens, 1874)</small> * ''Euchelus polysarkon'' <small>Vilvens, 2017</small> * ''Euchelus pullatus'' <small>Anton, 1848</small><ref>{{WRMS species|216297|''Euchelus pullatus'' Anton, 1848||1 May 2010}}</ref> * ''Euchelus scaber'' <small>(Linnaeus, 1758)</small> ;Taxon inquirendum: * ''Euchelus maculosus'' <small>Pease, 1863</small> ; Species brought into synonymy: * ''Euchelus (Herpetopoma)'' Pilsbry, 1890; synonym of ''Herpetopoma'' Pilsbry, 1890 * ''Euchelus (Nevillia)'' H. Adams, 1868; synonym of ''Nevillia'' H. Adams, 1868 * ''Euchelus alabastrum'' (Reeve, 1858); synonym of ''Euchelus asper'' (Gmelin, 1791) * ''Euchelus alarconi'' Rehder, 1980: synonym of ''Herpetopoma alarconi'' (Rehder, 1980) * ''Euchelus ampullus'' Tate, 1893; synonym of ''Vaceuchelus ampullus'' (Tate, 1893) * ''Euchelus angulatus'' Pease, 1867; synonym of ''Vaceuchelus angulatus'' (Pease, 1867) * ''Euchelus bellus'' Hutton, 1873; synonym of ''Herpetopoma bellum'' (Hutton, 1873) * ''Euchelus bicinctus'' <small>Philippi, 1849</small>:<ref>{{WRMS species|216298|''Euchelus bicinctus'' Philippi, 1849||1 May 2010}}</ref> synonym of ''Clanculus tonnerrei'' <small>(G. Nevill & H. Nevill, 1874)</small> * ''Euchelus bourcierei'' Crosse, 1863: synonym of ''Herpetopoma instrictum'' (Gould, 1849) * ''Euchelus bronni'' Dunker, 1860: synonym of ''Clanculus bronni'' <small>Dunker, 1860</small> * ''Euchelus corrugatus'' Pease, 1861: synonym of ''Herpetopoma corrugatum'' (Pease, 1861) * ''Euchelus erythraeensis'' Sturany, 1903; synonym of ''Clanculus tonnerrei'' (G. Nevill & H. Nevill, 1874) * ''Euchelus favosus'' Melvill & Standen, 1896; synonym of ''Vaceuchelus clathratus'' (A. Adams, 1853) * ''Euchelus fischeri'' (Montrouzier in Souverbie & Montrouzier, 1866): synonym of ''Monodonta fischeri'' Montrouzier [in Souverbie & Montrouzier], 1866; synonym of ''Herpetopoma fischeri'' (Montrouzier [in Souverbie & Montrouzier], 1866); synonym of ''Herpetopoma exasperatum'' (A. Adams, 1853) * ''Euchelus gemmula'' Turton, 1932; synonym of ''Vaceuchelus gemmula'' (Turton, 1932) * ''Euchelus gemmatus'' <small>(Gould, 1845)</small>: synonym of ''Herpetopoma gemmatum'' <small>(Gould, 1845)</small> * ''Euchelus hachijoensis'' Pilsbry, 1904: synonym of ''Herpetopoma rubrum'' (A. Adams, 1851) * ''Euchelus lamberti'' (Souverbie in Souverbie & Montrouzier, 1875): synonym of ''Tallorbis roseola'' G. Nevill & H. Nevill, 1869 * ''Euchelus lischkei'' Pilsbry, 1904: synonym of ''Herpetopoma lischkei'' (Pilsbry, 1904) * ''Euchelus midwayensis'' <small>Habe & Kosuge, 1970</small>: synonym of ''Danilia eucheliformis'' <small>(Nomura & Hatai, 1940)</small> * ''Euchelus natalensis'' E. A. Smith, 1906; synonym of ''Vaceuchelus natalensis'' (E. A. Smith, 1906) * ''Euchelus profundior'' May, 1915; synonym of ''Vaceuchelus profundior'' (May, 1915) * ''Euchelus providentiae'' Melvill, 1909: synonym of ''Herpetopoma providentiae'' (Melvill, 1909) * ''Euchelus quadricarinatus'' (Holten, 1802): synonym of ''Euchelus asper'' (Gmelin, 1791) * ''Euchelus ringens'' Schepman, 1908; synonym of ''Herpetopoma ringens'' (Schepman, 1908) * ''Euchelus ruber'': synonym of ''Herpetopoma rubrum'' (A. Adams, 1853) * ''Euchelus scabriusculus'' A. Adams & Angas, 1867; synonym of ''Herpetopoma scabriusculum'' (A. Adams & Angas, 1867) * ''Euchelus scrobiculatus'' (Souverbie, 1886); synonym of ''Vaceuchelus scrobiculatus'' (Souverbie, 1866) * ''Euchelus seychellarum'' G. Nevill & H. Nevill, 1869; synonym of ''Herpetopoma seychellarum'' (G. Nevill & H. Nevill, 1869) * ''Euchelus smithi'' <small>Dunker, R.W., 1882</small>: synonym of ''Monilea smithi'' <small>(Wood, 1828)</small> * ''Euchelus townsendianus'' Melvill & Standen, 1903; synonym of ''Clypeostoma townsendianum'' (Melvill & Standen, 1903) * ''Euchelus xeniolum'' Melvill, 1918; synonym of ''Herpetopoma xeniolum'' (Melvill, 1918)

==References== {{Commons category}} {{Reflist}} * Vaught, K.C. (1989). ''A classification of the living Mollusca''. American Malacologists: Melbourne, FL (USA). {{ISBN|0-915826-22-4}}. XII, 195 pp * [https://archive.today/20121225023230/http://www.africaninvertebrates.org.za/Herbert_2012_53_2_568.aspx 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): 381–502]

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Category:Euchelus Category:Chilodontaidae Category:Gastropod genera Category:Taxa named by Rodolfo Amando Philippi