Trochita

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Kingdom Animalia Class Gastropoda Family Calyptraeidae		Phylum Mollusca Superfamily Calyptraeoidea
Genus TrochitaSchumacher, 1817

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.

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 Wikipedia

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