Trochita

Trochita
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
(unranked):	clade Caenogastropoda clade Hypsogastropoda clade Littorinimorpha
Superfamily:	Calyptraeoidea
Family:	Calyptraeidae
Genus:	Trochita Schumacher, 1817
Type species
Trochita spiralis Schumacher, 1817

Trochita is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Calyptraeidae, the slipper snails or slipper limpets, cup-and-saucer snails, and Chinese hat snails.^[1]

Species

Species within the genus Trochita include:

Trochita spiralis Schumacher, 1817 : synonym of Trochita trochiformis (Born, 1778)
Trochita trochiformis Gmelin^[2] : synonym of Trochita calyptraeaformis (Born, 1778)
Trochita ventricosa Carpenter, 1857: synonym of Trochita spirata (Forbes, 1852)

^ Trochita Schumacher, 1817. Gofas, S. (2009). Trochita Schumacher, 1817. In: Bouchet, P.; Gofas, S.; Rosenberg, G. World Marine Mollusca database. Accessed through the World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=224253 on 2010-06-03.
^ Trochita trochiformis Gmelin. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=224254 on 2010-06-02.

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