Rubritrochus
Apertural view of a shell of Rubritrochus declivis
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Vetigastropoda
Order: Trochida
Superfamily: Trochoidea
Family: Trochidae
Genus: Rubritrochus
L. Beck, 1995
Type species
Gibbula pulcherrima
A. Adams, 1855

Rubritrochus is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the subfamily Trochinae of the family Trochidae, the top snails.[1] Rubritrochus can be found in almost every area of the sea.

Species

Species within the genus Rubritrochus include:

  • Rubritrochus africanus Harzhauser, 2009
  • Rubritrochus andamanensis Dekker, 2018
  • Rubritrochus bonneti (Cossmann, 1910)
  • Rubritrochus declivis (Forskål, 1775)
  • Rubritrochus ellenae Dekker, 2018
  • Rubritrochus lagerweijae Dekker, 2018
  • Rubritrochus moolenbeeki Dekker, 2018
  • Rubritrochus pachyozodes (Cossmann, 1910)
  • Rubritrochus pulcherrimus (A. Adams, 1855)
  • Rubritrochus simoni Dekker, 2018

References

  • Beck L.A. (1995) Rubritrochus, a new genus name for Gibbula pulcherrima A. Adams 1855 and Gibbula declivis (Forskal 1775). Archiv für Molluskenkunde 124(1-2): 65-85
  • Dekker H. (2018). A note on the genus Rubritrochus (Gastropoda, Vetigastropoda, Trochidae), with descriptions of five new species. Basteria. 82(1-3): 1–14.


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