Trochus

Taxobox
name = "Trochus"


image_caption = "Trochus camelophorus"
regnum = Animalia
phylum = Mollusca
classis = Gastropoda
subclassis = Prosobranchia
ordo = Archaeogastropoda
superfamilia = Trochacea
familia = Trochidae
genus = "Trochus"
genus_authority = Linnaeus, 1758
subdivision_ranks = Species
subdivision = See text.

"Trochus" is a genus of medium-sized to very large sea snails. They are marine gastropod molluscs in the family Trochidae, the top snails.

"Trochus niloticus", for example, is a very large (up to 13 cm) Indo-Pacific top shell, which has a very thick inner layer of nacre. This species is commercially exploited to make mother of pearl buttons, mother of pearl beads, pendants and so on.

hell description

Sea snails in the genus "Trochus" have shells that have a conical spire and a flat base.

pecies

* "Trochus californicum"
* "Trochus camelophorus" Webster, 1906
* "Trochus erithreus"
* "Trochus fasciatus"
* "Trochus henleyanus"
* "Trochus intextus"
* "Trochus maculatus"
* "Trochus niloticus"
* "Trochus niloticus"
* "Trochus sacellum"
* "Trochus stellatus"
* "Trochus tiaratus" Quoy & Gaimard, 1834
* "Trochus virgatus"
* "Trochus viridis" Gmelin, 1791

References

* [http://www.mollusca.co.nz/checklist/checklist_frameset.htm NZ Mollusca]
* Powell A. W. B., "New Zealand Mollusca", William Collins Publishers Ltd, Auckland, New Zealand 1979 ISBN 0-00-216906-1
* Miller M & Batt G, "Reef and Beach Life of New Zealand", William Collins (New Zealand) Ltd, Auckland, New Zealand 1973