''Rossiteria'' is a
genus
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of
sea snail
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s,
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gastropod
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mollusk
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s in the
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Trochidae
The Trochidae, common name top-snails or top-shells, are a family of various sized sea snails, marine gastropod molluscs in the subclass Vetigastropoda. This family is commonly known as the top-snails because in many species the shell resembles ...
, the top snails.
Description
The
umbilicus is narrow. The
columella is arcuate, obliquely plicate, terminating in a strong anterior tooth.
Species
Species within the genus ''Rossiteria'' include:
* ''
Rossiteria nucleolus''
(Pilsbry, 1903)
* ''
Rossiteria nucleus
''Rossiteria nucleus'' is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Trochidae, the top snails.Bouchet, P. (2014). Rossiteria nucleus (Philippi, 1849). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marine ...
''
(Philippi, 1849)
* ''
Rossiteria pseudonucleolus''
Poppe, Tagaro & Dekker, 2006
;Species brought into synonymy:
* ''Monilea (Rossiteria) nucleolus''
Pilsbry, 1903: synonym of ''Rossiteria nucleolus''
(Pilsbry, 1903)
References
* Wilson, B., 1993. ''Australian Marine Shells. Prosobranch Gastropods''. Odyssey Publishing, Kallaroo, WA
* Higo, S., Callomon, P. & Goto, Y. (1999) ''Catalogue and Bibliography of the Marine Shell-Bearing Mollusca of Japan''. Elle Scientific Publications, Yao, Japan, 749 pp
External links
Brazier, J. (1895). Rossiteria, a new subgenus of the family Trochidae. Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales. 19: 728Fischer, P. (1875–1880). Genres Calcar, Trochus, Xenophora, Tectarius et Risella. In: Kiener, L. C. Spécies général et iconographie des coquilles vivantes.... Paris: J-B. Baillère et fils, Vol. 11. Pp. i–iii, 1–480
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Trochidae
Gastropod genera