Rochia elata is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Tegulidae.MolluscaBase eds. (2022). MolluscaBase. Rochia elata (Lamarck, 1822). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1554960 on 2022-08-20Poppe G.T. (2004) Descriptions of spectacular new species from the Philippines (Gastropoda - Trochidae, Cypraeidae). Visaya 1(1): 4-19. (July 2004)
Description The size of the shell varies between . It generally weighs , and in some rare cases nearly .
Distribution This marine species occurs off the Philippines, though some cases have been reported in the Bikini Atoll.
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World Register of Marine Species
Lamarck, (J.-B. M.) de. (1822). Histoire naturelle des animaux sans vertèbres. Tome septième. Paris: published by the Author, 711 pp Alf, A. (2021). Was wissen wir über die Tegulidae?. Club Conchylia Mitteilungen. 38: 49-60