''Rubritrochus'' is a
genus
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of
sea snail
Sea snails are slow-moving marine (ocean), marine gastropod Mollusca, molluscs, usually with visible external shells, such as whelk or abalone. They share the Taxonomic classification, taxonomic class Gastropoda with slugs, which are distinguishe ...
s,
marine gastropod
Gastropods (), commonly known as slugs and snails, belong to a large Taxonomy (biology), taxonomic class of invertebrates within the phylum Mollusca called Gastropoda ().
This class comprises snails and slugs from saltwater, freshwater, and fro ...
mollusk
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s 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
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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 is ...
''
(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.
Trochidae
Gastropod genera
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