Rubritrochus
Rubritrochus is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the subfamily Trochinae of the family Trochidae, the top snails.[1] Rubritrochus can be found in almost every area of the sea.
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| Apertural view of a shell of Rubritrochus declivis | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Vetigastropoda |
| Order: | Trochida |
| Superfamily: | Trochoidea |
| Family: | Trochidae |
| Genus: | Rubritrochus L. Beck, 1995 |
| Type species | |
| Gibbula pulcherrima A. Adams, 1855 | |
Species
Species within the genus Rubritrochus include:
- † Rubritrochus africanus Harzhauser, 2009
- Rubritrochus andamanensis Dekker, 2018
- † Rubritrochus bonneti (Cossmann, 1910)
- Rubritrochus declivis (Forskål, 1775)
- Rubritrochus ellenae Dekker, 2018
- Rubritrochus lagerweijae Dekker, 2018
- Rubritrochus moolenbeeki Dekker, 2018
- † Rubritrochus pachyozodes (Cossmann, 1910)
- Rubritrochus pulcherrimus (A. Adams, 1855)
- Rubritrochus simoni Dekker, 2018
References
- Rubritrochus L. Beck, 1995. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 2 April 2011.
- Beck L.A. (1995) Rubritrochus, a new genus name for Gibbula pulcherrima A. Adams 1855 and Gibbula declivis (Forskal 1775). Archiv für Molluskenkunde 124(1-2): 65-85
- Dekker H. (2018). A note on the genus Rubritrochus (Gastropoda, Vetigastropoda, Trochidae), with descriptions of five new species. Basteria. 82(1-3): 1-14.
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