''Rochia'' is a
genus
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of
sea snail
Sea snails are slow-moving marine (ocean), marine gastropod Mollusca, molluscs, usually with visible external shells, such as whelk or abalone. They share the Taxonomic classification, taxonomic class Gastropoda with slugs, which are distinguishe ...
, a
marine gastropod
Gastropods (), commonly known as slugs and snails, belong to a large Taxonomy (biology), taxonomic class of invertebrates within the phylum Mollusca called Gastropoda ().
This class comprises snails and slugs from saltwater, freshwater, and fro ...
mollusk
Mollusca is a phylum of protostomic invertebrate animals, whose members are known as molluscs or mollusks (). Around 76,000 extant species of molluscs are recognized, making it the second-largest animal phylum after Arthropoda. The ...
in the
family
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Tegulidae
Tegulidae is a family of small to large sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the superfamily Trochoidea (according to the taxonomy of the Gastropoda by Bouchet & Rocroi, 2005).Bouchet, P. (2013). Tegulidae Kuroda, Habe & Oyama, 1971. Acces ...
.
[MolluscaBase eds. (2022). MolluscaBase. Rochia Gray, 1857. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1251278 on 2022-04-25]
Species
* ''
Rochia conus''
(Gmelin, 1791)
* ''
Rochia elata
''Rochia elata'' is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Tegulidae.MolluscaBase eds. (2022). MolluscaBase. Rochia elata (Lamarck, 1822). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies ...
''
(Lamarck, 1822)
* ''
Rochia hirasei''
(Pilsbry, 1904)
* ''
Rochia magnifica''
(Poppe, 2004)
* ''
Rochia maxima''
(Koch, 1844)
* ''
Rochia nilotica''
(Linnaeus, 1767)
* ''
Rochia virgata''
(Gmelin, 1791)
;Synonyms:
* ''Rochia acutangula''
(Anton, 1838): synonym of ''Rochia conus''
(Gmelin, 1791)
* ''Rochia maximus''
(Koch, 1844): synonym of ''Rochia maxima''
(Koch, 1844) (wrong gender agreement of specific epithet)
* ''Rochia niloticus''
(Linnaeus, 1767): synonym of ''Rochia nilotica''
(Linnaeus, 1767) (wrong gender agreement of specific epithet)
References
External links
Gray, J. E. (1857). Guide to the systematic distribution of Mollusca in the British Museum. Part I. [Gastropoda]. British Museum, London, xii + 230 ppGray, J. E. (1842). Molluscs. Pp. 48-92, in: Synopsis of the contents of the British Museum, edition 44. British Museum. London. iv + 308 p.Williams, S. T. (2012). Advances in molecular systematics of the vetigastropod superfamily Trochoidea. Zoologica Scripta. 41(6): 571-595
Tegulidae
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