Trochoidea is a genus of air-breathing land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the subfamily Helicellinae of the family Geomitridae.MolluscaBase eds. (2022). MolluscaBase. Trochoidea T. Brown, 1827. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=426412 on 4 August 2022 The name means "those that are shaped like a top".
Species Species within the genus Trochoidea include: Trochoidea caroni (Deshayes, 1830) Trochoidea cucullus (Martens, 1873) Trochoidea cumiae (Calcara, 1847) Trochoidea elata (A.E.J. Férussac, 1819) (synonym: Helix elata Férussac, 1819) Trochoidea elegans (Gmelin, 1791) Trochoidea liebetruti (Albers, 1852) Trochoidea pumilio (Dillwyn, 1817) Trochoidea pyramidata (Draparnaud, 1805) Trochoidea schembrii Pfeiffer, 1848 Trochoidea spratti (Pfeiffer, 1846) Trochoidea tarentina (Pfeiffer, 1848) Trochoidea trochoides (Poiret, 1789)
The following species have been brought into synonymy: Trochoidea amanda (Rossmässler, 1838): synonym of Cernuella amanda E.A. Rossmässler, 1838 Trochoidea betulonensis : synonym of Xerocrassa montserratensis ssp. betulonensis Trochoidea carinatoglobosa (Haas, 1934): synonym of Xerocrassa carinatoglobosa (F. Haas, 1934) Trochoidea claudinae : synonym of Xerocrassa claudinae Trochoidea davidiana (Bourguignat, 1863): synonym of Xerocrassa davidiana (Bourguignat, 1863) (superseded combination) Trochoidea conica J.P.R. Draparnaud, 1801: synonym of Trochoidea trochoides (Poiret, 1789) Trochoidea crenulata J. Germain, 1930: synonym of Trochoidea trochoides (Poiret, 1789) Trochoidea geyeri : synonym of Xerocrassa geyeri (Soós, 1926) Trochoidea gharlapsi : synonym of Xerocrassa gharlapsi Trochoidea infulata M. Paulucci, 1882: synonym of Trochoidea trochoides (Poiret, 1789) Trochoidea jimenensis : synonym of Xerocrassa jimenensis † Trochoidea miocaenica Gottschick & Wenz, 1927: synonym of † Miodiscula miocaenica (Gottschick & Wenz, 1927) (new combination) Trochoidea molinae : synonym of Xerocrassa molinae Trochoidea montserratensis : synonym of Xerocrassa montserratensis Trochoidea penchinati (Bourguignat, 1868): synonym of Xerocrassa penchinati (Bourguignat, 1868) (superseded combination) Trochoidea numidica Moquin-Tandon, 1847: synonym of Trochoidea pyramidata (Draparnaud, 1805) Trochoidea picardi Haas, 1933: synonym of Xerocrassa picardi Haas, 1933 Trochoidea rhabdota (Sturany, 1901): synonym of Xerocrassa rhabdota (R. Sturany, 1901) Trochoidea pseudojacosta Forcart, 1976: synonym of Xerocrassa pseudojacosta (Forcart, 1976) (original combination) Trochoidea rugosa A. Aradas & G. Maggiore, 1839: synonym of Trochoidea trochoides (Poiret, 1789) Trochoidea rugosula R.A. Philippi, 1844: synonym of Trochoidea trochoides (Poiret, 1789) Trochoidea saintsimoni E. Caziot, 1903: synonym of Trochoidea trochoides (Poiret, 1789) Trochoidea seetzenii : synonym of Xerocrassa seetzeni Trochoidea scitula G.J. De Cristofori & G. Jan 1832: synonym of Trochoidea elegans (J.F. Gmelin, 1791) Trochoidea simulata(C.G. Ehrenberg, 1831): synonym of Xerocrassa simulata (C.G. Ehrenberg, 1831) Trochoidea solarium A. Risso, 1826: synonym of Trochoidea elegans (J.F. Gmelin, 1791) Trochoidea terrestris E. Donovan, 1801: synonym of Trochoidea elegans (J.F. Gmelin, 1791) Trochoidea trochillus J.L.M. Poiret, 1789: synonym of Trochoidea elegans (J.F. Gmelin, 1791) Trochoidea trochlea L. Pfeiffer, 1846: synonym of Trochoidea elegans (J.F. Gmelin, 1791) Trochoidea zaharensis : synonym of Xerocrassa zaharensis (Puente & Arrébola, 1996)
References
Bouchet P., Rocroi J.P., Hausdorf B., Kaim A., Kano Y., Nützel A., Parkhaev P., Schrödl M. & Strong E.E. (2017). Revised classification, nomenclator and typification of gastropod and monoplacophoran families. Malacologia. 61(1–2): 1–526.
External links Evidence for survival of Pleistocene climatic changes in Northern refugia by the land snail Trochoidea geyeri (Soós 1926) (Helicellinae, Stylommatophora) Monterosato, T. A. di. (1892). Molluschi terrestri delle isole adiacenti alla Sicilia. Atti della Reale Accademia di Scienze, Lettere e Belle Arti di Palermo. 3rd Series, 2: 1–34 Beck, H. (1837–1838). Index molluscorum praesentis aevi musei principis augustissimi Christiani Frederici. 124 pp. Hafniae