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 air-breathing
land snail
A land snail is any of the numerous species of snail that live on land, as opposed to the sea snails and freshwater snails. ''Land snail'' is the common name for terrestrial gastropod mollusks that have shells (those without shells are known as ...
s,
terrestrial
Terrestrial refers to things related to land or the planet Earth.
Terrestrial may also refer to:
* Terrestrial animal, an animal that lives on land opposed to living in water, or sometimes an animal that lives on or near the ground, as opposed to ...
pulmonate
Pulmonata or pulmonates, is an informal group (previously an order, and before that a subclass) of snails and slugs characterized by the ability to breathe air, by virtue of having a pallial lung instead of a gill, or gills. The group includ ...
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 ...
Geomitridae
Geomitridae is a Taxonomy (biology), taxonomic Family (biology), family of small to medium-sized air-breathing land snails, Terrestrial molluscs, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the superfamily Helicoidea.MolluscaBase eds. (2021). M ...
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MolluscaBase eds. (2022). MolluscaBase. Trochoidea T. Brown, 1827. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=426412 on 2022-08-04
The name means "those that are shaped like a top".
(The same name, Trochoidea is currently also used for a
superfamily
SUPERFAMILY is a database and search platform of structural and functional annotation for all proteins and genomes. It classifies amino acid sequences into known structural domains, especially into SCOP superfamilies. Domains are functional, str ...
of sea snails with gills, a superfamily that includes the top shells,
Trochidae
The Trochidae, common name top-snails or top-shells, are a family of various sized sea snails, marine gastropod molluscs in the subclass Vetigastropoda. This family is commonly known as the top-snails because in many species the shell resembles ...
, and the turban shells,
Turbinidae
Turbinidae, the turban snails, are a family of small to large marine gastropod molluscs in the superfamily Trochoidea.Bouchet, P. (2014). Turbinidae Rafinesque, 1815. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecie ...
Trochoidea spratti
''Trochoidea spratti '' is a species of air-breathing land snail,Trochoidea tarentina'' (Pfeiffer, 1848)
* '' Trochoidea trochoides'' (Poiret, 1789)
The following species have been brought into synonymy:
* ''Trochoidea amanda'' (Rossmässler, 1838): synonym of '' Cernuella amanda'' E.A. Rossmässler, 1838
* ''Trochoidea betulonensis'' : synonym of '' Xerocrassa montserratensis'' ssp. ''betulonensis''
* ''Trochoidea carinatoglobosa'' (Haas, 1934): synonym of '' Xerocrassa carinatoglobosa'' (F. Haas, 1934)
* ''Trochoidea claudinae'' : synonym of '' Xerocrassa claudinae''
* ''Trochoidea davidiana'' (Bourguignat, 1863): synonym of '' Xerocrassa davidiana'' (Bourguignat, 1863) (superseded combination)
* ''Trochoidea conica'' J.P.R. Draparnaud, 1801: synonym of '' Trochoidea trochoides'' (Poiret, 1789)
* ''Trochoidea crenulata'' J. Germain, 1930: synonym of '' Trochoidea trochoides'' (Poiret, 1789)
* ''Trochoidea geyeri'' : synonym of '' Xerocrassa geyeri'' (Soós, 1926)
* ''Trochoidea gharlapsi'' : synonym of '' Xerocrassa gharlapsi''
* ''Trochoidea infulata'' M. Paulucci, 1882: synonym of '' Trochoidea trochoides'' (Poiret, 1789)
* ''Trochoidea jimenensis'' : synonym of '' Xerocrassa jimenensis''
* † ''Trochoidea miocaenica'' Gottschick & Wenz, 1927: synonym of † '' Miodiscula miocaenica'' (Gottschick & Wenz, 1927) (new combination)
* ''Trochoidea molinae'' : synonym of '' Xerocrassa molinae''
* ''Trochoidea montserratensis'' : synonym of '' Xerocrassa montserratensis''
* ''Trochoidea penchinati'' (Bourguignat, 1868): synonym of '' Xerocrassa penchinati'' (Bourguignat, 1868) (superseded combination)
* ''Trochoidea numidica'' Moquin-Tandon, 1847: synonym of '' Trochoidea pyramidata'' (Draparnaud, 1805)
* ''Trochoidea picardi'' Haas, 1933: synonym of '' Xerocrassa picardi'' Haas, 1933
* ''Trochoidea rhabdota'' (Sturany, 1901): synonym of '' Xerocrassa rhabdota'' (R. Sturany, 1901)
* ''Trochoidea pseudojacosta'' Forcart, 1976: synonym of '' Xerocrassa pseudojacosta'' (Forcart, 1976) (original combination)
* ''Trochoidea rugosa'' A. Aradas & G. Maggiore, 1839: synonym of '' Trochoidea trochoides'' (Poiret, 1789)
* ''Trochoidea rugosula'' R.A. Philippi, 1844: synonym of '' Trochoidea trochoides'' (Poiret, 1789)
* ''Trochoidea saintsimoni'' E. Caziot, 1903: synonym of '' Trochoidea trochoides'' (Poiret, 1789)
* ''Trochoidea seetzenii'' : synonym of ''
Xerocrassa seetzeni
''Xerocrassa seetzeni'' is a species of air-breathing land snail, a terrestrial animal, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusk in the family Geomitridae. MolluscaBase eds. (2022). MolluscaBase. Xerocrassa seetzeni (L. Pfeiffer, 1847). Accessed t ...
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* ''Trochoidea scitula'' G.J. De Cristofori & G. Jan, 1832: synonym of '' Trochoidea elegans'' (J.F. Gmelin, 1791)
* ''Trochoidea simulata''(C.G. Ehrenberg, 1831): synonym of '' Xerocrassa simulata'' (C.G. Ehrenberg, 1831)
* ''Trochoidea solarium'' A. Risso, 1826: synonym of '' Trochoidea elegans'' (J.F. Gmelin, 1791)
* ''Trochoidea terrestris'' E. Donovan, 1801: synonym of '' Trochoidea elegans'' (J.F. Gmelin, 1791)
* ''Trochoidea trochillus'' J.L.M. Poiret, 1789: synonym of '' Trochoidea elegans'' (J.F. Gmelin, 1791)
* ''Trochoidea trochlea'' L. Pfeiffer, 1846: synonym of '' Trochoidea elegans'' (J.F. Gmelin, 1791)
* ''Trochoidea zaharensis'' : synonym of '' Xerocrassa zaharensis'' (Puente & Arrébola, 1996)
References
* Bouchet P., Rocroi J.P., Hausdorf B., Kaim A., Kano Y., Nützel A., Parkhaev P., Schrödl M. & Strong E.E. (2017). Revised classification, nomenclator and typification of gastropod and monoplacophoran families. Malacologia. 61(1-2): 1-526.