''Trochita'' is a

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Calyptraeidae The Calyptraeidae are a family of small to medium-sized marine prosobranch gastropods. MolluscaBase. Calyptraeidae Lamarck, 1809. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=141 o ...

, 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 ''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: * '' Troc ...

'' (d'Orbigny, 1841) * ''

Trochita pileus ''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: * '' Troc ...

'' (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 ''

'' (Lamarck, 1822) * ''Trochita corrugata'' Reeve, 1859: synonym of ''

'' (Lamarck, 1822) * ''Trochita decipiens'' (Philippi, 1845): synonym of ''

'' (d'Orbigny, 1841) * ''Trochita georgiana'' A. W. B. Powell, 1951: synonym of ''

'' (d'Orbigny, 1841) * ''Trochita helicoidea'' (Sowerby, 1883): synonym of ''

Calyptraea helicoidea ''Calyptraea helicoidea'' is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Calyptraeidae, the slipper snails or slipper limpets, cup-and-saucer snails, and Chinese hat snails. Description Distribution This marine species oc ...

'' (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 inquirendum In biological classification, a ''species inquirenda'' is a species of doubtful identity requiring further investigation. The use of the term in English-language biological literature dates back to at least the early nineteenth century. The term t ...

References

* Taylor J.D. & Smythe K.R. (1985) ''A new species of Trochita (Gastropoda: Calyptraeidae) from Oman: A relict distribution and association with upwelling areas.'' Journal of Conchology 32: 39-48 * Gofas, S.; Afonso, J.P.; Brandào, M. (Ed.). (S.a.). ''Conchas e Moluscos de Angola = Coquillages et Mollusques d'Angola. hells and molluscs of Angola'. Universidade Agostinho / Elf Aquitaine Angola: Angola. 140 pp * Rolán E., 2005. ''Malacological Fauna From The Cape Verde Archipelago''. Part 1, Polyplacophora and Gastropoda Calyptraeidae Gastropod genera {{Calyptraeidae-stub