Trochus ferreirai

Trochus ferreirai
Shell of Trochus ferreirai (holotype at MNHN, Paris)
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Vetigastropoda
Order: Trochida
Superfamily: Trochoidea
Family: Trochidae
Genus: Trochus
Species:
T. ferreirai
Binomial name
Trochus ferreirai
Bozzetti, 1996
Synonyms[1]

Clanculus nodulosus A. Adams, 1855

Trochus ferreirai is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Trochidae, the top snails.[1]

Description

The size of the shell varies between 20 mm and 26 mm.

Distribution

This marine species occurs off the Philippines.

References

  1. ^ a b Rosenberg, G. (2012). Trochus ferreirai Bozzetti, 1996. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=594203 on 2012-11-23
  • Bozzetti, L. (1996). Lopha poppei n. sp. and Trochus ferreirai n. sp. Two new species from Pacific Ocean. World Shells. 16: 65–67.
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  • Adams, A. (1855). Further contribution towards the natural history of the Trochidae: with the description of a new genus and several new species, from the Cumingian collection. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London. (1854) 22: 37-41, pl. 27
  • World Register of Marine Species
  • "Trochus ferreirai". Gastropods.com. Retrieved 16 January 2019.


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