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.
Species Species within the genus Trochita include: Trochita dhofarensis Taylor & Smythe, 1985 Trochita pileolus (d'Orbigny, 1841) Trochita pileus (Lamarck, 1822) Trochita trochiformis (Born, 1778) Species brought into synonymy Trochita alta Hutton, 1885: synonym of Sigapatella terraenovae Peile, 1924 Trochita calyptraeaformis : synonym of Trochita trochiformis (Born, 1778) Trochita clypeolum Reeve, 1859: synonym of Trochita pileus (Lamarck, 1822) Trochita corrugata Reeve, 1859: synonym of Trochita pileus (Lamarck, 1822) Trochita decipiens (Philippi, 1845): synonym of Trochita pileolus (d'Orbigny, 1841) Trochita georgiana A. W. B. Powell, 1951: synonym of Trochita pileolus (d'Orbigny, 1841) Trochita helicoidea (Sowerby, 1883): synonym of Calyptraea helicoidea (G.B. Sowerby II, 1883) Trochita radians (Lamarck, 1816): synonym of Trochita trochiformis (Born, 1778) Trochita spiralis Schumacher, 1817: synonym of Trochita trochiformis (Born, 1778) Trochita spirata (Forbes, 1852): synonym of Trochita trochiformis (Born, 1778) Trochita tenuis (Gray, 1867): synonym of Sigapatella tenuis (Gray, 1867) Trochita ventricosa Carpenter, 1857 : taxon inquirendum
References
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