The Trochidae, common name top-snails or top-shells, are a family of various sized sea snails, marine gastropod molluscs in the subclass Vetigastropoda...
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Herpetopoma (redirect from Herpetopoma (Trochidae))
Herpetopoma is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod molluscs of the family Chilodontaidae. In the past, this genus was often treated as a subgenus of...
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G.T., Tagaro S.P. & Dekker H. (2006) The Seguenziidae, Chilodontidae, Trochidae, Calliostomatidae and Solariellidae of the Philippine Islands. Visaya...
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inner shell layer include marine gastropods such as the Haliotidae, the Trochidae and the Turbinidae. Nacre is composed of hexagonal platelets of aragonite...
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Gibbula denizi (category Trochidae stubs)
denizi is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Trochidae, the top snails. The height of the shell attains 3 mm. This species occurs...
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the inner shell layer. The families within this superfamily include the Trochidae, the top snails. This superfamily is the largest vetigastropodan superfamily...
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they can consume it. Some marine snails such as abalone and top snails, Trochidae, have numerous small tentacles around the edge of the mantle. These are...
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Cittarium pica, also known as the magpie or West Indian top shell, family Trochidae. In Japan, whelks (ツブ, 螺, tsubu) are frequently used in sashimi and sushi...
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rubicundus is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Trochidae, the top snails. The height of the shell attains 6 mm, its diameter about...
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species of minute sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Trochidae, the top snails. The size of the shell varies between 1.5 mm and 3 mm...
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glabrata is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Trochidae, the top snails. The height of the shell attains 15 mm, its diameter 13 mm...
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species of small sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Trochidae, the top shells. The size of an adult shell of Clanculus puniceus varies...
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is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Trochidae, the top snails. The size of the shell varies between 13 mm and 20 mm...
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Umbonium vestiarium (category Trochidae stubs)
is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Trochidae, the top snails. The solid, rounded shells are up to 2 cm wide. They are...
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Lirularia dereimsi (category Trochidae stubs)
dereimsi is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Trochidae. This species occurs in the Atlantic Ocean off São Tomé and Príncipe and...
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D.G. (1987). Revision of the Solariellinae (Mollusca: Prosobranchia: Trochidae) in southern Africa. Annals of the Natal Museum 25(2):283-382.. World...
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Family Lepetidae Superfamily Trochacea Family Calliostomatidae Family Trochidae Family Stomatellidae Family Cyclostrematidae Family Turbinidae Family...
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small sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusc or micromollusk in the family Trochidae, known as the top snails. The shell grows to a length of 4 mm. The shell...
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nigerrimum) is a species of small sea snail, a marine gastropod, in the family Trochidae, the top snails. The height of the shell is 24 mm, its diameter 26 mm...
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Pictodiloma (category Trochidae)
Pictodiloma is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Trochidae, the top snails. Species within the genus Pictodiloma include: Pictodiloma...
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is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Trochidae, the top snails. This species occurs in the Indian Ocean off Madagascar...
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Cratidentium beachportense (category Trochidae stubs)
is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Trochidae, the top snails. The size of the shell attains 6 mm. This marine species...
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new trochids of the genus Antimargarita (Gastropoda: Vetigastropoda: Trochidae) from the Bellingshausen Sea and South Shetland Islands, Antarctica. Polar...
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Lirularia monodi (category Trochidae stubs)
monodi is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Trochidae, the top snails. The new combination herein has been created, for consistency...
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species of small sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Trochidae, the top shells. The fossil record of this species goes back to the Early...
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persica is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Trochidae, the top snails. The height of the shell is 3 mm, its diameter 5 mm. The...
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species of small sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Trochidae, the top snails. The size of the adult shell varies between 7 mm and 12 mm...
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Mother of pearl from many seashells including species in the family Trochidae, Turbinidae, Haliotidae, and various pearly bivalves, has often been used...
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calcareous operculum readily distinguishing them from the somewhat similar Trochidae or top snails, which have a corneous operculum. This strong operculum...
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chlorites is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Trochidae, the top snails. The height of the shell attains 7 mm, its diameter 6 mm...
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