Rossiteria

Rossiteria is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Trochidae, the top snails.[1]

Rossiteria
Original drawing with two views of a shel of Rossiteria nucleolus
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Subclass:	Vetigastropoda
Order:	Trochida
Superfamily:	Trochoidea
Family:	Trochidae
Genus:	Rossiteria Brazier, 1895
Type species
Trochus nucleus Philippi, R.A., 1849
Synonyms
Monilea (Rossiteria) Brazier, 1895 Solanderia P. Fischer, 1879 (Invalid: junior homonym of Solanderia Duchassaing & Michelotti, 1846 [Cnidaria]; Rossiteria is a replacement name)

Description

The umbilicus is narrow. The columella is arcuate, obliquely plicate, terminating in a strong anterior tooth.[2]

Species

Species within the genus Rossiteria include:[1]

• Rossiteria nucleolus (Pilsbry, 1903)
• Rossiteria nucleus (Philippi, 1849)
• Rossiteria pseudonucleolus Poppe, Tagaro & Dekker, 2006[3]

Species brought into synonymy

• Monilea (Rossiteria) nucleolus Pilsbry, 1903: synonym of Rossiteria nucleolus (Pilsbry, 1903)

References

1. Rossiteria . Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 1 May 2010.
2. Brazier, Rossiteria, a new subgenus of the family Trochidae; Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales ser;2 v.9 p. 728 (1894)
3. Rossiteria pseudonucleolus Poppe, Tagaro & Dekker, 2006. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 1 May 2010.

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