Trochoidea (genus)

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Trochoidea
File:Trochoidea pyramidata 01.JPG
Five views of a shell of Trochoidea pyramidata (Draparnaud, 1805)
Scientific classification
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clade Heterobranchia
clade Euthyneura
clade Panpulmonata
clade Eupulmonata
clade Stylommatophora
informal group Sigmurethra
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Trochoidea

Brown, 1827[1]

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Trochoidea is a genus of air-breathing land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the family Hygromiidae. The name means "those that are shaped like a top".

(The same name, Trochoidea is currently also used for a superfamily of sea snails with gills, a superfamily that includes the top shells, Trochidae, and the turban shells, Turbinidae.)

Species

Species within the genus Trochoidea include:[2][3]

The following species have been brought into synonymy:

References

  1. Brown T. 1827. Illustrations of conchology of Great Britain and Ireland drawn from nature. pp. 1-65, Pl. 1-52. Edinburgh. (Lizars).
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Further reading