Trochia
Genus of gastropods
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Trochia is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Muricidae, the murex snails or rock snails.[1]
| Trochia | |
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| Trochia cingulata | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
| Order: | Neogastropoda |
| Superfamily: | Muricoidea |
| Family: | Muricidae |
| Subfamily: | Ocenebrinae |
| Genus: | Trochia Swainson, 1840 |
| Type species | |
| Buccinum trochlea Bruguière, 1789 | |
Description
The whorls are separated by a deep groove. The inner lip is thickened, convex and striated. The aperture shows a very short siphonal canal.[2]
Species
Species within the genus Trochia include:
- Trochia cingulata (Linnaeus, 1771)[3]
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