''Tropidotrochus'' 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 ...
s,
marine
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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 Calliostomatidae within the superfamily
Trochoidea, the top snails, turban snails and their allies.
[WoRMS (2012). ''Tropidotrochus''. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=465611 on 2012-12-07]
Species
* ''Calliostoma (Tropidotrochus) jayae''
Parodiz 1977 [(Parodiz 1977), “A New Subgenus and New Species of Miocene Calliostoma (Archaeogastropoda-Trochidae).” Annals of Carnegie Museum 46 (September 1977): 101-106]
References
External links
To World Register of Marine Species
Calliostomatidae
Monotypic gastropod genera
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