''Trochoidea'' is a
genus
Genus (; : genera ) is a taxonomic rank above species and below family (taxonomy), family as used in the biological classification of extant taxon, living and fossil organisms as well as Virus classification#ICTV classification, viruses. In bino ...
of air-breathing
land snail
A land snail is any of the numerous species of snail that live on land, as opposed to the sea snails and freshwater snails. ''Land snail'' is the common name for terrestrial molluscs, terrestrial gastropod mollusks that have gastropod shell, shel ...
s,
terrestrial
Terrestrial refers to things related to land or the planet Earth, as opposed to extraterrestrial.
Terrestrial may also refer to:
* Terrestrial animal, an animal that lives on land opposed to living in water, or sometimes an animal that lives on o ...
pulmonate
Pulmonata or pulmonates is an informal group (previously an order, and before that, a subclass) of snails and slugs characterized by the ability to breathe air, by virtue of having a pallial lung instead of a gill, or gills. The group inclu ...
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
Mollusca is a phylum of protostomic invertebrate animals, whose members are known as molluscs or mollusks (). Around 76,000 extant species of molluscs are recognized, making it the second-largest animal phylum after Arthropoda. The ...
s in the subfamily
Helicellinae of the family
Geomitridae
Geomitridae is a taxonomic family of small to medium-sized air-breathing land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the superfamily Helicoidea
Helicoidea is a Taxonomy (biology), taxonomic Taxonomic rank, superfamily of air-b ...
.
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MolluscaBase eds. (2022). MolluscaBase. Trochoidea T. Brown, 1827. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=426412 on 4 August 2022]
The name means "those that are shaped like a top".
Species
Species within the genus ''Trochoidea'' include:
* ''
Trochoidea caroni''
(Deshayes, 1830)
* ''
Trochoidea cucullus''
(Martens, 1873)
* ''
Trochoidea cumiae''
(Calcara, 1847)
* ''
Trochoidea elata''
(A.E.J. Férussac, 1819) (synonym: ''Helix elata''
Férussac, 1819)
* ''
Trochoidea elegans''
(Gmelin, 1791)
* ''
Trochoidea liebetruti''
(Albers, 1852)
* ''
Trochoidea pumilio''
(Dillwyn, 1817)
* ''
Trochoidea pyramidata''
(Draparnaud, 1805)
* ''
Trochoidea schembrii''
Pfeiffer, 1848
* ''
Trochoidea spratti''
(Pfeiffer, 1846)
* ''
Trochoidea tarentina''
(Pfeiffer, 1848)
* ''
Trochoidea trochoides''
(Poiret, 1789)
The following species have been brought into synonymy:
* ''Trochoidea amanda''
(Rossmässler, 1838): synonym of ''
Cernuella amanda
''Cernuella'' is a genus of small air-breathing land snails, pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the family Geomitridae, the hairy snails and their allies.MolluscaBase eds. (2020). MolluscaBase. Cernuella Schlüter, 1838. Accessed through: World Regi ...
''
E.A. Rossmässler, 1838
* ''Trochoidea betulonensis'' : synonym of ''
Xerocrassa montserratensis
''Xerocrassa montserratensis'' is a species of air-breathing land snail, a pulmonate gastropod mollusk in the family Geomitridae, the hairy snails and their allies.
MolluscaBase eds. (2022). MolluscaBase. Xerocrassa montserratensis (Hidalgo, 1870 ...
'' ssp. ''betulonensis''
* ''Trochoidea carinatoglobosa''
(Haas, 1934): synonym of ''
Xerocrassa carinatoglobosa''
(F. Haas, 1934)
* ''Trochoidea claudinae'' : synonym of ''
Xerocrassa claudinae''
* ''Trochoidea davidiana''
(Bourguignat, 1863): synonym of ''
Xerocrassa davidiana
''Xerocrassa'' is a genus of small, air-breathing land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod molluscs in the subfamily Helicellinae of the family Geomitridae.MolluscaBase eds. (2022). MolluscaBase. Xerocrassa Monterosato, 1892. Accessed thro ...
''
(Bourguignat, 1863) (
superseded combination)
* ''Trochoidea conica''
J.P.R. Draparnaud, 1801: synonym of ''
Trochoidea trochoides''
(Poiret, 1789)
* ''Trochoidea crenulata''
J. Germain, 1930: synonym of ''
Trochoidea trochoides''
(Poiret, 1789)
* ''Trochoidea geyeri'' : synonym of ''
Xerocrassa geyeri''
(Soós, 1926)
* ''Trochoidea gharlapsi'' : synonym of ''
Xerocrassa gharlapsi''
* ''Trochoidea infulata''
M. Paulucci, 1882: synonym of ''
Trochoidea trochoides''
(Poiret, 1789)
* ''Trochoidea jimenensis'' : synonym of ''
Xerocrassa jimenensis''
* † ''Trochoidea miocaenica''
Gottschick & Wenz, 1927: synonym of † ''
Miodiscula miocaenica''
(Gottschick & Wenz, 1927) (new combination)
* ''Trochoidea molinae'' : synonym of ''
Xerocrassa molinae''
* ''Trochoidea montserratensis'' : synonym of ''
Xerocrassa montserratensis
''Xerocrassa montserratensis'' is a species of air-breathing land snail, a pulmonate gastropod mollusk in the family Geomitridae, the hairy snails and their allies.
MolluscaBase eds. (2022). MolluscaBase. Xerocrassa montserratensis (Hidalgo, 1870 ...
''
* ''Trochoidea penchinati''
(Bourguignat, 1868): synonym of ''
Xerocrassa penchinati''
(Bourguignat, 1868) (superseded combination)
* ''Trochoidea numidica''
Moquin-Tandon, 1847: synonym of ''
Trochoidea pyramidata''
(Draparnaud, 1805)
* ''Trochoidea picardi''
Haas, 1933: synonym of ''
Xerocrassa picardi''
Haas, 1933
* ''Trochoidea rhabdota''
(Sturany, 1901): synonym of ''
Xerocrassa rhabdota''
(R. Sturany, 1901)
* ''Trochoidea pseudojacosta''
Forcart, 1976: synonym of ''
Xerocrassa pseudojacosta''
(Forcart, 1976) (original combination)
* ''Trochoidea rugosa''
A. Aradas & G. Maggiore, 1839: synonym of ''
Trochoidea trochoides''
(Poiret, 1789)
* ''Trochoidea rugosula''
R.A. Philippi, 1844: synonym of ''
Trochoidea trochoides''
(Poiret, 1789)
* ''Trochoidea saintsimoni''
E. Caziot, 1903: synonym of ''
Trochoidea trochoides''
(Poiret, 1789)
* ''Trochoidea seetzenii'' : synonym of ''
Xerocrassa seetzeni''
* ''Trochoidea scitula''
G.J. De Cristofori & G. Jan 1832: synonym of ''
Trochoidea elegans''
(J.F. Gmelin, 1791)
* ''Trochoidea simulata''
(C.G. Ehrenberg, 1831): synonym of ''
Xerocrassa simulata''
(C.G. Ehrenberg, 1831)
* ''Trochoidea solarium''
A. Risso, 1826: synonym of ''
Trochoidea elegans''
(J.F. Gmelin, 1791)
* ''Trochoidea terrestris''
E. Donovan, 1801: synonym of ''
Trochoidea elegans''
(J.F. Gmelin, 1791)
* ''Trochoidea trochillus''
J.L.M. Poiret, 1789: synonym of ''
Trochoidea elegans''
(J.F. Gmelin, 1791)
* ''Trochoidea trochlea''
L. Pfeiffer, 1846: synonym of ''
Trochoidea elegans''
(J.F. Gmelin, 1791)
* ''Trochoidea zaharensis'' : synonym of ''
Xerocrassa zaharensis''
(Puente & Arrébola, 1996)
References
* Bouchet P., Rocroi J.P., Hausdorf B., Kaim A., Kano Y., Nützel A., Parkhaev P., Schrödl M. & Strong E.E. (2017). Revised classification, nomenclator and typification of gastropod and monoplacophoran families. Malacologia. 61(1–2): 1–526.
External links
''Evidence for survival of Pleistocene climatic changes in Northern refugia by the land snail Trochoidea geyeri'' (Soós 1926) (Helicellinae, Stylommatophora)Monterosato, T. A. di. (1892). Molluschi terrestri delle isole adiacenti alla Sicilia. Atti della Reale Accademia di Scienze, Lettere e Belle Arti di Palermo. 3rd Series, 2: 1–34Beck, H. (1837–1838). Index molluscorum praesentis aevi musei principis augustissimi Christiani Frederici. 124 pp. Hafniae
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