Coelotrochus

Coelotrochus
Drawing with an umbilical view of a shell of Coelotrochus tiaratus
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Clade: Vetigastropoda
Superfamily: Trochoidea (superfamily)
Family: Trochidae
Genus: Coelotrochus
Fischer, 1880
Type species
Coelotrochus tiaratus Quoy, H.E.T. & J.P. Gaimard, 1834
Synonyms[1]
  • Anthora Gray, 1857
  • Chlorostoma (Neozelandia) Cossmann, 1918
  • Thorista Iredale, 1915
  • Thoristella Iredale, 1915
  • Trochus (Coelotrochus) P. Fischer, 1879
  • Trochus (Thorista) Iredale, 1915

Coleotrochus is a genus of small sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Trochidae, the top snails. [1]

Description

The false umbilicus is very deep and narrow, penetrating deeper than the columella, which is inserted upon its edge, not in the centre of the axis. [2]

Distribution

This marine genus is endemic to New Zealand.

Species

Species within the genus Coelotrochus include:

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 Bouchet, P. (2010). Coelotrochus P. Fischer, 1879. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=512304 on 2012-06-20
  2. Suter H. (1913-1915), Manual of New Zealand Mollusca; Wellington, N. Z. :J. Mackay, govt. printer,1913-1915