Trochia

Genus of gastropods

Trochia
Trochia cingulata
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Superfamily: Muricoidea
Family: Muricidae
Subfamily: Ocenebrinae
Genus: Trochia
Swainson, 1840
Type species
Buccinum trochlea Bruguière, 1789

Trochia is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Muricidae, the murex snails or rock snails.[1]

Description

The whorls are separated by a deep groove. The inner lip is thickened, convex and striated. The aperture shows a very short siphonal canal. [2]

Species

Species within the genus Trochia include:

  • Trochia cingulata (Linnaeus, 1771)[3]

References

  1. ^ a b Trochia Swainson, 1840. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 2 January 2011.
  2. ^ Adams, H. & Adams, A. (1853-1858). The genera of Recent Mollusca; arranged according to their organization. London, van Voorst. Vol. 1: xl + 484 pp.; vol. 2: 661 pp.; vol. 3: 138 pls
  3. ^ Trochia cingulata (Linnaeus, 1771). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 25 April 2010.
  • Swainson, W. (1840). A treatise on malacology; or the natural classification of shells and shell-fish. Longman, London, viii + 419 pp
  • Barco, A.; Herbert, G.; Houart, R.; Fassio, G. & Oliverio, M. (2017). A molecular phylogenetic framework for the subfamily Ocenebrinae (Gastropoda, Muricidae). Zoologica Scripta. 46 (3): 322-335
Taxon identifiers
Trochia


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