Trochus stellatus

Trochus stellatus
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Clade: Vetigastropoda
Superfamily: Trochoidea
Family: Trochidae
Genus: Trochus
Species: T. stellatus
Binomial name
Trochus stellatus
Gmelin, 1791
Synonyms
  • Polydonta stellata Chemnitz
  • Pyramidea tubiferus Chenu, 1859
  • Trochus stellaris Röding, 1798

Trochus stellatus, common name the stellate trochus, is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Trochidae, the top snails. [1]

Trochus incrassatus Lamarck, 1822 is considered a synonym of this species by the Australian Faunal Directory [1]

Description

The size of this large, heavy, top-shaped shell varies between 18 mm and 40 mm. The shell has wrinkled plaits and concatenated dots. The sutures of the upper whorls are spinous and radiated. [2]

Distribution

This marine species occurs off India, Sri Lanka, the Philippines, Japan, Oceania, New Caledonia, and Australia (the Northern Territory, Queensland and Western Australia).

References

  1. 1 2 Australian Faunal Directory: Trochus stellatus
  2. Lewis Weston Dillwyn, A descriptive catalogue of recent shells, Volume 2
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