''Rubritrochus'' is a
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of
sea snails,
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gastropod mollusk
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s in the subfamily
Trochinae
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of 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.
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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