{{Short description|Genus of gastropods}} {{Automatic taxobox | image = Synaptocochlea picta 001.jpg | image_caption = Drawing of a shell of ''Synaptocochlea picta'' | display_parents = 2 | taxon = Synaptocochlea | authority = Pilsbry, 1890<ref>Pilsbry H. A. (1890). In: Tryon G. W. & Pilsbry H. A. ''Manual of Conchology'' '''12''': [https://archive.org/stream/manualconch12tryorich#page/6/mode/2up 6].</ref> | synonyms_ref = | synonyms = ''Stomatella (Synaptocochlea)'' <small>Pilsbry, 1890</small> | type_species = ''Stomatella montrouzieri'' | type_species_authority = Pilsbry, 1890 }}
'''''Synaptocochlea''''' is a genus of very small sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Trochidae, the top snails.<ref name="WoRMS">{{WRMS species|225460|''Synaptocochlea'' Pilsbry, 1890||1 May 2010}}</ref>
==Description== The oval shell is intermediate between ''Stomatella'' and ''Gena'' in contour. The very short spire is sub-marginal. The surface is spirally striated or decussated. The very large aperture is longer than it is wide. The animal has an operculum.<ref>[https://archive.org/details/manualconch12tryorich G.W. Tryon (1890) Manual of Conchology XII; Academy of Natural Sciences, Philadelphia, 1890]</ref>
==Distribution== This marine genus occurs in the tropical Indo-West Pacific, Indo-Malaysia, Oceania and off Australia (Northern Territory, Queensland, Western Australia)
==Species== Species within the genus ''Synaptocochlea'' include: * ''Synaptocochlea asperulata'' <small>(A. Adams, 1850)</small> * ''Synaptocochlea belmonti'' <small>Simone, 2009</small><ref>{{WRMS species|458349|''Synaptocochlea belmonti'' Simone, 2009||1 May 2010}}</ref> * ''Synaptocochlea caliginosa'' <small>H. & A. Adams, 1863</small> * ''Synaptocochlea concinna'' <small>(Gould, 1845)</small> * ''Synaptocochlea granosa'' <small>(Lambert, 1874)</small> * ''Synaptocochlea montrouzieri'' <small>(Pilsbry, 1890)</small> * ''Synaptocochlea picta'' <small>(d'Orbigny, 1847)</small><ref>{{WRMS species|419457|''Synaptocochlea picta'' (d’Orbigny, 1847)||1 May 2010}}</ref> * ''Synaptocochlea pulchella'' <small>(A. Adams, 1850)</small> * ''Synaptocochlea stellata'' <small>(Souverbie, 1863)</small>
The Indo-Pacific Molluscan Database also mentions the following species <ref>[http://clade.ansp.org/obis/search.php/6261 OBIS: ''Synaptocochlea'']</ref> * ''Synaptocochlea hexagonum'' <small>Philippi, 1850</small> * ''Synaptocochlea tursicus'' <small>Reeve, 1848</small>
; Species brought into synonymy: * ''Synaptocochlea inconcinna'' <small>auct. non Pilsbry, 1921</small>: synonym of ''Synaptocochlea picta'' <small>(d'Orbigny, 1847)</small> * ''Synaptocochlea lactea'' <small>Usticke, 1959</small>: synonym of ''Synaptocochlea picta'' <small>(d'Orbigny, 1847)</small> * ''Synaptocochlea nigrita'' <small>Rehder, 1939</small>: synonym of ''Synaptocochlea picta'' <small>(d'Orbigny, 1847)</small> * ''Synaptocochlea picta'' <small>(Montrouzier in Souverbie & Montrouzier, 1862)</small>: synonym of ''Synaptocochlea montrouzieri'' (Pilsbry, 1890)
==References== {{Reflist}} * Vaught, K.C. (1989). ''A classification of the living Mollusca''. American Malacologists: Melbourne, FL (USA). {{ISBN|0-915826-22-4}}. XII, 195 pp.
==External links== * [https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/41517 Pilsbry, H. A. (1890-1891). Manual of conchology, structural and systematic, with illustrations of the species. Ser. 1. Vol. 12: Stomatellidae, Scissurellidae, Pleurotomariidae, Haliotidae, Scutellinidae, Addisoniidae, Cocculinidae, Fissurellidae. pp 1-323, pls 1-65. Philadelphia, published by the Conchological Section, Academy of Natural Sciences.]
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Category:Synaptocochlea Category:Trochidae Category:Gastropod genera Category:Taxa named by Henry Augustus Pilsbry