Trochita is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Calyptraeidae, the slipper snails or slipper limpets, cup-and-saucer snails, and Chinese hat snails.[1]
| Trochita | |
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| Trochita trochiformis | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
| Order: | Littorinimorpha |
| Family: | Calyptraeidae |
| Genus: | Trochita Schumacher, 1817[1] |
| Type species | |
| Trochita spiralis Schumacher, 1817 | |
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Species
editSpecies within the genus Trochita include:[1]
- Trochita dhofarensis Taylor & Smythe, 1985
- Trochita pileolus (d'Orbigny, 1841)
- Trochita pileus (Lamarck, 1822)
- Trochita trochiformis (Born, 1778)
- Species brought into synonymy
- Trochita alta Hutton, 1885: synonym of Sigapatella terraenovae Peile, 1924
- Trochita calyptraeaformis : synonym of Trochita trochiformis (Born, 1778)
- Trochita clypeolum Reeve, 1859: synonym of Trochita pileus (Lamarck, 1822)
- Trochita corrugata Reeve, 1859: synonym of Trochita pileus (Lamarck, 1822)
- Trochita decipiens (Philippi, 1845): synonym of Trochita pileolus (d'Orbigny, 1841)
- Trochita georgiana A. W. B. Powell, 1951: synonym of Trochita pileolus (d'Orbigny, 1841)
- Trochita helicoidea (Sowerby, 1883): synonym of Calyptraea helicoidea (G.B. Sowerby II, 1883)
- Trochita radians (Lamarck, 1816): synonym of Trochita trochiformis (Born, 1778)
- Trochita spiralis Schumacher, 1817: synonym of Trochita trochiformis (Born, 1778)
- Trochita spirata (Forbes, 1852): synonym of Trochita trochiformis (Born, 1778)
- Trochita tenuis (Gray, 1867): synonym of Sigapatella tenuis (Gray, 1867)
- Trochita ventricosa Carpenter, 1857 : taxon inquirendum
References
edit- ^ a b c Trochita Schumacher, 1817. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 4 December 2018.
- Taylor J.D. & Smythe K.R. (1985) A new species of Trochita (Gastropoda: Calyptraeidae) from Oman: A relict distribution and association with upwelling areas. Journal of Conchology 32: 39-48
- Gofas, S.; Afonso, J.P.; Brandào, M. (Ed.). (S.a.). Conchas e Moluscos de Angola = Coquillages et Mollusques d'Angola. [Shells and molluscs of Angola]. Universidade Agostinho / Elf Aquitaine Angola: Angola. 140 pp
- Rolán E., 2005. Malacological Fauna From The Cape Verde Archipelago. Part 1, Polyplacophora and Gastropoda
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