Trochoidea (genus)

Trochoidea
Five views of a shell of Trochoidea pyramidata (Draparnaud, 1805)
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
(unranked): clade Heterobranchia
clade Euthyneura
clade Panpulmonata
clade Eupulmonata
clade Stylommatophora
informal group Sigmurethra
Superfamily: Helicoidea
Family: Hygromiidae
Genus: Trochoidea
Brown, 1827[1]

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).
  2. "Taxon Details: Trochoidea T. Brown 1827 (subgenus Trochoidea)". Fauna Europaea. Retrieved 14 August 2014.
  3. Welter Schultes, F. "Species in genus Trochoidea". AnimalBase. SUB Göttingen. Retrieved 14 August 2014.

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