Trochita
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Genus: | Trochita Schumacher, 1817
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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]
Species
Species within the genus Trochita include:
- 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 inquerendum
References
- ^ Trochita Schumacher, 1817. Gofas, S. (2009). Trochita Schumacher, 1817. In: Bouchet, P.; Gofas, S.; Rosenberg, G. World Marine Mollusca database. Accessed through the World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=224253 on 2010-06-03 .
- Taylor J.D. & Smythe K.R. (1985) A new species of Trochita (Gastropoda: Calyptraeidae) from Oman: A relict distribution and association with upwellimg 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