''Rocroithys'' is a
genus of
sea snail
Sea snail is a common name for slow-moving marine gastropod molluscs, usually with visible external shells, such as whelk or abalone. They share the taxonomic class Gastropoda with slugs, which are distinguished from snails primarily by the ...
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gastropod
The gastropods (), commonly known as snails and slugs, belong to a large taxonomic class of invertebrates within the phylum Mollusca called Gastropoda ().
This class comprises snails and slugs from saltwater, from freshwater, and from land. T ...
mollusks in the
family Raphitomidae
Raphitomidae is a family of small to medium-sized sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the superfamily Conoidea.Bouchet P. & Rocroi J.-P. (Ed.) (2005). "Classification and nomenclator of gastropod families". '' Malacologia'' 47(1-2). . 3 ...
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Species
Species within the genus ''Rocroithys'' include:
* ''
Rocroithys niveus''
Sysoev & Bouchet, 2001
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Rocroithys perissus
''Rocroithys perissus'' is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Raphitomidae.
Description
The length of the shell attains 22.4 mm.
Distribution
This marine species occurs off New Caledonia
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Sysoev & Bouchet, 2001
;Species brought into synonymy:
* ''Rocroithys nivea'' Sysoev & Bouchet, 2001:
synonym of ''Rocroithys niveus''
Sysoev & Bouchet, 2001 (Misspelling. Wrong gender agreement.)
References
* Sysoev, A.; Bouchet, P. (2001). ''Gastéropodes turriformes (Gastropoda: Conoidea) nouveaux ou peu connus du Sud-Ouest Pacifique = New and uncommon turriform gastropods (Gastropoda: Conoidea) from the South-West Pacific.'' in: Bouchet, P. et al. (Ed.) Tropical deep-sea benthos. Mémoires du Muséum national d'Histoire naturelle. Série A, Zoologie. 185: 271-320.
External links
Bouchet, P.; Kantor, Y. I.; Sysoev, A.; Puillandre, N. (2011). A new operational classification of the Conoidea (Gastropoda). Journal of Molluscan Studies. 77(3): 273-308*
Raphitomidae
Gastropod genera
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