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Trochoidea (genus)

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Kingdom
  
Animalia

Family
  
Hygromiidae

Phylum
  
Mollusca

Rank
  
Genus

Superfamily
  
Helicoidea

Scientific name
  
Trochoidea

Higher classification
  
Hygromiidae

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Lower classifications
  
Trochoidea elegans, Trochoidea picardi

Trochoidea is a genus of air-breathing land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the family Hygromiidae. The name means "those that are shaped like a top".

(The same name, Trochoidea is currently also used for a superfamily of sea snails with gills, a superfamily that includes the top shells, Trochidae, and the turban shells, Turbinidae.)

Species

Species within the genus Trochoidea include:

  • Trochoidea carinatoglobosa (Haas, 1934)
  • Trochoidea caroni (Deshayes, 1830)
  • Trochoidea cucullus (Martens, 1873)
  • Trochoidea cumiae (Calcara, 1847)
  • Trochoidea elegans (Gmelin, 1791)
  • Trochoidea liebetruti (Albers, 1852)
  • Trochoidea picardi
  • Trochoidea pseudojacosta
  • Trochoidea pumilio (Dillwyn, 1817)
  • Trochoidea pyramidata (Draparnaud, 1805)
  • Trochoidea spratti (Pfeiffer, 1846)
  • Trochoidea simulata
  • Trochoidea tarentina (Pfeiffer, 1848)
  • Trochoidea trochoides (Poiret, 1789)

    • The following species have been brought into synonymy:

  • Trochoidea betulonensis is a synonym for Xerocrassa montserratensis ssp. betulonensis
  • Trochoidea claudinae is a synonym for Xerocrassa claudinae
  • Trochoidea geyeri is a synonym for Xerocrassa geyeri (Soós, 1926)
  • Trochoidea gharlapsi is a synonym for Xerocrassa gharlapsi
  • Trochoidea jimenensis is a synonym for Xerocrassa jimenensis
  • Trochoidea molinae is a synonym for Xerocrassa molinae
  • Trochoidea montserratensis is a synonym for Xerocrassa montserratensis
  • Trochoidea seetzenii is a synonym for Xerocrassa seetzeni
  • Trochoidea zaharensis is a synonym for Xerocrassa zaharensis

    • References

    Trochoidea (genus) Wikipedia
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