Genus of gastropods
Coelotrochus
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Shell of Coelotrochus tiaratus (lectotype at MNHN, Paris)
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Scientific classification
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Domain:
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Eukaryota
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Kingdom:
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Animalia
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Phylum:
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Mollusca
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Class:
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Gastropoda
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Subclass:
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Vetigastropoda
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Order:
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Trochida
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Superfamily:
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Trochoidea
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Family:
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Trochidae
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Genus:
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Coelotrochus Fischer, 1880 [1]
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Type species
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Coelotrochus tiaratus
Quoy, H.E.T. & J.P. Gaimard, 1834
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Synonyms[1]
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- Anthora Gray, 1857
- Chlorostoma (Neozelandia) Cossmann, 1918
- Thorista Iredale, 1915
- Thoristella Iredale, 1915
- Trochus (Anthora) Gray, 1857
- Trochus (Coelotrochus) P. Fischer, 1879
- Trochus (Thorista) Iredale, 1915
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Coelotrochus is a genus of small sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Trochidae, the top snails.
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Description
The false umbilicus is very deep and narrow, penetrating deeper than the columella, which is inserted upon its edge, not in the centre of the axis.[2]
Distribution
This marine genus is endemic to New Zealand.
Species
Species within the genus Coelotrochus include:
- † Coelotrochus avarus (Suter, 1917)
- † Coelotrochus bibaphus (Bartrum & Powell, 1928)
- † Coelotrochus browni (C. A. Fleming, 1943)
- Coelotrochus carinatus (B. A. Marshall, 1998)
- Coelotrochus carmesinus (Webster, 1908)
- Coelotrochus chathamensis (Hutton, 1873)
- Coelotrochus davegibbsi (B. A. Marshall, 1998)
- † Coelotrochus fossilis (Finlay, 1926)
- † Coelotrochus gracilis (Laws, 1936)
- Coelotrochus oppressus (B. A. Marshall, 1998)
- Coelotrochus polychromus (B. A. Marshall, 1998)
- Coelotrochus rex (B. A. Marshall, 1998)
- Coelotrochus tiaratus (Quoy & Gaimard, 1834)
- Coelotrochus viridis (Gmelin, 1791)