Genus of gastropods
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Trochita
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Trochita spiralis Schumacher, 1817
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- Trochatella Lesson, 1831
- Trochilla Swainson, 1835
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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.[1]
Species
Species within the genus Trochita include:[1]
- 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 Trochita pileus (Lamarck, 1822)
- Trochita corrugata Reeve, 1859: synonym of Trochita pileus (Lamarck, 1822)
- Trochita decipiens (Philippi, 1845): synonym of Trochita pileolus (d'Orbigny, 1841)
- Trochita georgiana A. W. B. Powell, 1951: synonym of Trochita pileolus (d'Orbigny, 1841)
- Trochita helicoidea (Sowerby, 1883): synonym of Calyptraea helicoidea (G.B. Sowerby II, 1883)
- Trochita radians (Lamarck, 1816): synonym of Trochita trochiformis (Born, 1778)
- Trochita spiralis Schumacher, 1817: synonym of Trochita trochiformis (Born, 1778)
- Trochita spirata (Forbes, 1852): synonym of Trochita trochiformis (Born, 1778)
- Trochita tenuis (Gray, 1867): synonym of Sigapatella tenuis (Gray, 1867)
- Trochita ventricosa Carpenter, 1857 : taxon inquirendum
