Trochita pileolus

Trochita pileolus

Classification

Class: Gastropoda
Order: Littorinimorpha
Family: Calyptraeidae

Trochita is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Calyptraeidae, the slipper snails or slipper limpets, cup-and-saucer snails, and Chinese hat snails. Species Species within the genus Trochita include: Trochita dhofarensis Taylor & Smythe, 1985 Trochita pileolus (d'Orbigny, 1841) Trochita pileus (Lamarck, 1822) Trochita trochiformis (Born, 1778) Species brought into synonymy Trochita alta Hutton, 1885: synonym of Sigapatella terraenovae Peile, 1924 Trochita calyptraeaformis : synonym of Trochita trochiformis (Born, 1778) Trochita clypeolum Reeve, 1859: synonym of…

Distribution

Trochita pileolus — (c) Nicolas Olejnik, some rights reserved (CC BY), uploaded by Nicolas Olejnik · CC-BY

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Countries in the Picchu catalog

Chile · 1United Kingdom · 1

Sources and credits

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Trochita pileolus

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