Trenchia is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks, unassigned in the superfamily Seguenzioidea.[1][2]

Trenchia
Shell of Trenchia teriuga (holotype at MNHN, Paris)
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Vetigastropoda
Superfamily: Seguenzioidea
Family: incertae sedis
Genus: Trenchia
Knudsen, 1964
Type species
Trenchia wolffi Knudsen J., 1964

Notes

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Additional information regarding this genus:[1]

  • It was previously placed in the subfamily Skeneidae of the Turbinidae as a placeholder, since many other taxa in Skeneidae were of uncertain phylogenetic position.

Species

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Species within the genus Trenchia include:[1]

Species brought into synonymy

References

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  1. ^ a b c d Rosenberg, G. (2012). Trenchia Knudsen, 1964. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=428564 on 27 March 2013
  2. ^ Galathea II, Danish Deep Sea Expedition 1950-52
  • Warén A. & Bouchet P. (1993) New records, species, genera, and a new family of gastropods from hydrothermal vents and hydrocarbon seeps. Zoologica Scripta 22: 1-90
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