Trochia

Trochia
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 trochleaBruguière, 1789

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

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]

References

1. Trochia Swainson, 1840 . Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species  on 2 January 2011.
2. Adams, H. & Adams, A. (1853-1858). The genera of Recent Mollusca; arranged according to their organization. London, van Voorst. Vol. 1: xl + 484 pp.; vol. 2: 661 pp.; vol. 3: 138 pls
3. Trochia cingulata (Linnaeus, 1771) . Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species  on 25 April 2010.

External links

• Swainson, W. (1840). A treatise on malacology; or the natural classification of shells and shell-fish. Longman, London, viii + 419 pp
• Barco, A.; Herbert, G.; Houart, R.; Fassio, G. & Oliverio, M. (2017). A molecular phylogenetic framework for the subfamily Ocenebrinae (Gastropoda, Muricidae). Zoologica Scripta. 46 (3): 322-335