Rochia elata is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Tegulidae.[1][2]
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Vetigastropoda |
| Order: | Trochida |
| Superfamily: | Trochoidea |
| Family: | Tegulidae |
| Genus: | Rochia |
| Species: | R. elata
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| Binomial name | |
| Rochia elata (Lamarck, 1822)
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Description
editThe size of the shell varies between 30 mm and 70 mm. It generally weighs 20-50 grams, and in some rare cases nearly 100 grams.
Distribution
editThis marine species occurs off the Philippines, though some cases have been reported in the Bikini Atoll.
References
edit- ^ MolluscaBase eds. (2022). MolluscaBase. Rochia elata (Lamarck, 1822). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1554960 on 2022-08-20
- ^ Poppe G.T. (2004) Descriptions of spectacular new species from the Philippines (Gastropoda - Trochidae, Cypraeidae). Visaya 1(1): 4-19. (July 2004)
External links
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Wikimedia Commons has media related to Rochia elata.
- World Register of Marine Species
- "Tectus (Rochia) conus elatus". Gastropods.com. Retrieved 16 January 2019.
- Lamarck, (J.-B. M.) de. (1822). Histoire naturelle des animaux sans vertèbres. Tome septième. Paris: published by the Author, 711 pp
- Alf, A. (2021). Was wissen wir über die Tegulidae?. Club Conchylia Mitteilungen. 38: 49-60