Trochia

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

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

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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