Rochia elata

Rochia elata
View of a shell of Rochia elata
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Vetigastropoda
Order: Trochida
Superfamily: Trochoidea
Family: Tegulidae
Genus: Rochia
Species:
R. elata
Binomial name
Rochia elata
(Lamarck, 1822)
Synonyms
  • Tectus (Rochia) conus elatus Lamarck, J.B.P.A. de, 1822
  • Tectus elatus (Lamarck, 1822)
  • Trochus elatus Lamarck, 1822 (original combination)

Rochia elata is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Tegulidae.[1][2]

Description

The size of the shell varies between 30 mm and 70 mm. It generally weighs 20-50 grams, and in some rare cases nearly 100 grams.

Distribution

This marine species occurs off the Philippines, though some cases have been reported in the Bikini Atoll.

References

  1. ^ 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 2022-08-20
  2. ^ Poppe G.T. (2004) Descriptions of spectacular new species from the Philippines (Gastropoda - Trochidae, Cypraeidae). Visaya 1(1): 4-19. (July 2004)
Wikimedia Commons has media related to Rochia elata.
  • World Register of Marine Species
  • "Tectus (Rochia) conus elatus". Gastropods.com. Retrieved 16 January 2019.
  • 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


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