''Trachypollia'' is a
genus
Genus ( plural genera ) is a taxonomic rank used in the biological classification of extant taxon, living and fossil organisms as well as Virus classification#ICTV classification, viruses. In the hierarchy of biological classification, genus com ...
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 ...
s,
marine
Marine is an adjective meaning of or pertaining to the sea or ocean.
Marine or marines may refer to:
Ocean
* Maritime (disambiguation)
* Marine art
* Marine biology
* Marine debris
* Marine habitats
* Marine life
* Marine pollution
Military
* ...
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 ...
mollusk
Mollusca is the second-largest phylum of invertebrate animals after the Arthropoda, the members of which are known as molluscs or mollusks (). Around 85,000 extant species of molluscs are recognized. The number of fossil species is e ...
s in the
family
Family (from la, familia) is a Social group, group of people related either by consanguinity (by recognized birth) or Affinity (law), affinity (by marriage or other relationship). The purpose of the family is to maintain the well-being of its ...
Muricidae, the murex snails or rock snails.
The classification of this genus is doubtful.
Species
Species within the genus ''Trachypollia'' include:
* ''
Trachypollia didyma''
(Schwengel, 1943)
* ''
Trachypollia lugubris''
(C.B. Adams, 1852)
* ''
Trachypollia sclera''
Woodring, 1928
* ''
Trachypollia turricula''
(Maltzan, 1884)
;Species brought into synonymy:
* ''Trachypollia nodulosa''
Adams:
synonym of ''
Morula nodulosa
''Claremontiella nodulosa'', common name: the blackberry drupe, is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Muricidae, the murex snails or rock snails.MolluscaBase eds. (2021). MolluscaBase. Claremontiella nodulosa (C. ...
''
(C. B. Adams, 1845)
References
External links
Woodring W.P.B. (1928). Miocene mollusks from Bowden, Jamaica. 2. Gastropods and discussion of results. Carnegie Institution of Washington Publication. 385: vii + 564 pp., 40 plsEmerson, W.K. & Hertlein, L.G. (1964) ''Invertebrate megafossils of the Belvedere Expedition to the Gulf of California.'' Transactions of the San Diego Society of Natural History, 13, 333–368.Radwin G. & D'Attilio A. (1972). The systematics of some New World muricid species (Mollusca, Gastropoda), with description of two new genera and two new species. Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington. 85(28): 323-352
{{Ergalataxinae-stub