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Trochoidea (genus)

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Genus of gastropods This article is about a genus of air-breathing land snails. For the identically named superfamily of sea snails, see Trochoidea (superfamily).

Trochoidea
Five views of a shell of Trochoidea pyramidata (Draparnaud, 1805)
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Order: Stylommatophora
Infraorder: Helicoidei
Superfamily: Helicoidea
Family: Geomitridae
Genus: Trochoidea
Brown, 1827
Type species
Helix elegans Gmelin, 1791
Synonyms
  • Helix (Ochthephila) Beck, 1837 (junior synonym)
  • Helix (Turricula) Beck, 1837 (Invalid: junior homonym of...)
  • Ochthephila H. Beck, 1837
  • Trochoidea (Trochoidea) T. Brown, 1827 · alternate representation
  • Trochula Schlüter, 1838
  • Tropidocochlis Locard, 1893
  • Turricula H. Beck, 1837 · (Invalid: junior homonym of Turricula Schumacher, 1817 )
  • Xeroclivia Monterosato, 1892
  • Xerocochlea Monterosato, 1892
  • Xeronexa Monterosato, 1892 ·
  • Xerophila (Trochula) Schlüter, 1838 · (superseded generic combination)

Trochoidea is a genus of air-breathing land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the subfamily Helicellinae of the family Geomitridae. The name means "those that are shaped like a top".

(The same name, Trochoidea is currently also used for a superfamily of sea snails with gills, a superfamily that includes the top shells, Trochidae, and the turban shells, Turbinidae.)

Species

Species within the genus Trochoidea include:

The following species have been brought into synonymy:

References

  1. Brown T. 1827. Illustrations of conchology of Great Britain and Ireland drawn from nature. pp. 1–65, Pl. 1-52. Edinburgh. (Lizars).
  2. 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 4 August 2022
  3. Razkin, Oihana; Gómez-Moliner, Benjamín Juán; Prieto, Carlos Enrique; Martínez-Ortí, Alberto; Arrébola, José Ramón; Muñoz, Benito; Chueca, Luis Javier; Madeira, María José (February 2015). "Molecular phylogeny of the western Palaearctic Helicoidea (Gastropoda, Stylommatophora)". Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution. 83: 99–117. doi:10.1016/j.ympev.2014.11.014. ISSN 1055-7903. PMID 25485783.
  4. "Taxon Details: Trochoidea T. Brown 1827 (subgenus Trochoidea)". Fauna Europaea. Archived from the original on 14 August 2014. Retrieved 14 August 2014.
  5. Welter Schultes, F. "Species in genus Trochoidea". AnimalBase. SUB Göttingen. Retrieved 14 August 2014.
  • 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.

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Taxon identifiers
Trochoidea
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