Thoristella

Thoristella
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
(unranked): clade Vetigastropoda
Superfamily: Trochoidea
Family: Trochidae
Genus: Thoristella
Iredale, 1915[1]
Species

See text.

Thoristella is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod molluscs in the family Trochidae,[2] the top snails or top shells.

Thoristella is a synonym of Coelotrochus P. Fischer, 1879 [3]

Distribution

This genus is endemic to New Zealand.

Species

Species within the genus Thoristella include:

References

  1. ^ Iredale T. (1915). Trans. N. Zealand Inst. 47: 436.
  2. ^ WoRMS (2010). Thoristella Iredale, 1915. In: Bouchet, P.; Gofas, S.; Rosenberg, G. (2010) World Marine Mollusca database. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.eu/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=456529 on 2010-04-30
  3. ^ Bouchet, P. (2010). Thoristella Iredale, 1915. In: Bouchet, P.; Gofas, S.; Rosenberg, G. (2010) World Marine Mollusca database. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=456529 on 2011-03-01