''Rubritrochus'' is a
genus of
sea snail
Sea snail is a common name for slow-moving marine gastropod molluscs, usually with visible external shells, such as whelk or abalone. They share the taxonomic class Gastropoda with slugs, which are distinguished from snails primarily by the ...
s,
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gastropod
The gastropods (), commonly known as snails and slugs, belong to a large taxonomic class of invertebrates within the phylum Mollusca called Gastropoda ().
This class comprises snails and slugs from saltwater, from freshwater, and from land. T ...
mollusks in the subfamily
Trochinae
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 ...
of the
family Trochidae, the top snails.
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
''Rubritrochus declivis'', the sloping gibbula, is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Trochidae, the top snails.
Description
The shell grows to a length of 24 mm. The umbilicate, conical shell is solid. It ...
''
(Forskål, 1775)
* ''
Rubritrochus ellenae''
Dekker, 2018
* ''
Rubritrochus lagerweijae''
Dekker, 2018
* ''
Rubritrochus moolenbeeki''
Dekker, 2018
* † ''
Rubritrochus pachyozodes''
(Cossmann, 1910)
* ''
Rubritrochus pulcherrimus
''Rubritrochus pulcherrimus'' is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Trochidae, the top snails.Bouchet, P. (2012). ''Rubritrochus pulcherrimus'' (A. Adams, 1855). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Speci ...
''
(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.
Trochidae
Gastropod genera
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