Tallorbis

Tallorbis
Scientific classification
Kingdom:Animalia
Phylum:Mollusca
Class:Gastropoda
Clade:Vetigastropoda
Superfamily:Trochoidea
Family:Trochidae
Genus:Tallorbis
G. Nevill & H. Nevill, 1869 [1]

Tallorbis is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Trochidae, the top snails.[2]

Description

The shell is suborbiculate and subconic. The solid columella is anteriorly applanate, transversely plicate and abruptly terminated.

Species

Species within the genus Tallorbis include:[2]

References

  1. G. and H. Nevill, Journ. Asiat. Soc. Bengal, xxxviii, pt. i, p. 160, t. 17, f. 5, 1865.
  2. 1 2 WoRMS (2012). Tallorbis G. Nevill & H. Nevill, 1869. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=567736 on 2012-11-23
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