Trochia

Trochia
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
(unranked): clade Caenogastropoda
clade Hypsogastropoda
clade Neogastropoda
Superfamily: Muricoidea
Family: Muricidae
Subfamily: Ocenebrinae
Genus: Trochia
Swainson, 1840
Type species
Purpura cingulata Linnaeus, 1771

Trochia is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Muricidae, the murex snails or rock snails.[1]

Species

Species within the genus Trochia include:

References

  1. Trochia Swainson, 1840.  Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 2 January 2011.
  2. Trochia cingulata (Linnaeus, 1771).  Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 25 April 2010.
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