Trochita

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Trochita
Trochita trochiformis
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Littorinimorpha
Family: Calyptraeidae
Genus: Trochita
Schumacher, 1817[1]
Type species
Trochita spiralis Schumacher, 1817
Synonyms
  • Trochatella Lesson, 1831
  • Trochilla Swainson, 1835

Trochita is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Calyptraeidae, the slipper snails or slipper limpets, cup-and-saucer snails, and Chinese hat snails.[1]

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