Rochia

Genus of gastropods From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Rochia is a genus of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Tegulidae.[1]

Phylum:Mollusca
Order:Trochida
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Rochia
Shell of Rochia nilotica (specimen at MNHN, Paris)
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Vetigastropoda
Order: Trochida
Superfamily: Trochoidea
Family: Tegulidae
Genus: Rochia
Gray, 1857
Type species
Trochus acutangulus Anton, 1838
Synonyms[1]
  • Cardinalia Gray, 1842
  • Tectus (Cardinalia) Gray, 1842
  • Tectus (Rochia) Gray, 1857
  • Trochus (Cardinalia) Gray, 1842
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Species

Synonyms
  • Rochia acutangula (Anton, 1838): synonym of Rochia conus (Gmelin, 1791)
  • Rochia maximus (Koch, 1844): synonym of Rochia maxima (Koch, 1844) (wrong gender agreement of specific epithet)
  • Rochia niloticus (Linnaeus, 1767): synonym of Rochia nilotica (Linnaeus, 1767) (wrong gender agreement of specific epithet)

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