Trochia

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Trochia
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Trochia cingulata
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Superfamily: Muricoidea
Family: Muricidae
Subfamily: Ocenebrinae
Genus: Trochia
Swainson, 1840
Type species
Buccinum trochleaBruguière, 1789

Trochia is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Muricidae, the murex snails or rock snails. [1]

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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:

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