Vaceuchelus

Vaceuchelus is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod molluscs in the family Chilodontaidae.^[1]

Vaceuchelus
Drawing of a shell of Vaceuchelus semilugubris
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Subclass:	Vetigastropoda
Family:	Chilodontaidae
Genus:	Vaceuchelus Iredale, 1929
Type species
Euchelus angulatus Pease, 1867

Distribution

This genus occurs in the Indo Pacific, from the Red Sea to French Polynesia; also off Australia.

Species

Species within the genus Vaceuchelus include:

• Vaceuchelus abdii Poppe, Tagaro & Dekker, 2006^[2]
• Vaceuchelus ampullus (Tate, 1893)
• Vaceuchelus auricatris Huang & Fu, 2015
• Vaceuchelus cavernoides Vilvens, 2017
• Vaceuchelus cavernosus (G.B. Sowerby III, 1905)
• Vaceuchelus clathratus (A. Adams, 1853)
• Vaceuchelus cretaceus Herbert, 2012
• Vaceuchelus delpretei (Caramagna, 1888)
• Vaceuchelus entienzai Poppe & Tagaro, 2016
• Vaceuchelus favosus (Melvill & Standen, 1896)
• Vaceuchelus foveolatus (A. Adams, 1853)
• Vaceuchelus gemmula (Turton, 1932)
• Vaceuchelus gotoi Poppe & Tagarao, 2020
• Vaceuchelus jayorum Herbert, 2012
• Vaceuchelus natalensis (E.A. Smith, 1906)
• Vaceuchelus pagoboorum Poppe, Tagaro & Dekker, 2006^[3]
• Vaceuchelus phaios Vilvens, 2017
• Vaceuchelus profundior (May, 1915)
• Vaceuchelus rapaensis(Vilvens, 2017)
• Vaceuchelus scrobiculatus (Souverbie, 1866)
• Vaceuchelus semilugubris (Deshayes, 1863)
• Vaceuchelus vallesi Poppe, Tagaro & Dekker, 2006^[4]
• Vaceuchelus vangoethemi Poppe, Tagaro & Dekker, 2006^[5]

Synonyms

• Vaceuchelus angulatus (Pease, 1867): synonym of Vaceuchelus foveolatus (A. Adams, 1853) (junior subjective synonym)
• Vaceuchelus ludiviniae Poppe, Tagaro & Dekker, 2006:^[6] synonym of Herpetopoma ludiviniae (Poppe, Tagaro & H. Dekker, 2006) (original combination)
• Vaceuchelus mysticus (Pilsbry, 1890): synonym of Euchelus mysticus Pilsbry, 1889
• Vaceuchelus roseolus (G. Nevill & H. Nevill, 1869): synonym of Tallorbis roseola G. Nevill & H. Nevill, 1869
• Vaceuchelus saguili Poppe, Tagaro & Dekker, 2006:^[7] synonym of Vaceuchelus favosus (Melvill & Standen, 1896)