Trochus ferreirai
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| Trochus ferreirai | |
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| Shell of Trochus ferreirai (holotype at MNHN, Paris) | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Vetigastropoda |
| Order: | Trochida |
| Superfamily: | Trochoidea |
| Family: | Trochidae |
| Genus: | Trochus |
| Species: | T. ferreirai |
| Binomial name | |
| Trochus ferreirai Bozzetti, 1996 | |
| Synonyms[1] | |
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Clanculus nodulosus A. Adams, 1855 | |
Trochus ferreirai is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Trochidae, the top snails.[1]
The size of the shell varies between 20 mm and 26 mm. It is a deposit feeder and grazer.[2]
