Trochus toulai Kittl 1891 (top snail)

Gastropoda - Trochoidea - Trochidae

Full reference: E. Kittl. 1891. Die Gastropoden der Schichten von St. Cassian der südalpinen Trias. I. Theil. Annalen des Kaiserlich-Königlichen Naturhistorischen Hofmuseums 6:166-262

Belongs to Trochus according to E. Kittl 1891

Sister taxa: Trochus (Anadema), Trochus (Carinidea), Trochus (Coelotrochus), Trochus (Flemingia), Trochus (Margarita), Trochus (Praecia), Trochus (Solarium), Trochus (Thorista), Trochus (Trochus), Trochus (Turcicula), Trochus (Ziziphinus), Trochus adrianensis, Trochus agglutinans, Trochus alligatus, Trochus alpis, Trochus ambalensis, Trochus angulatoplicatus, Trochus anthracophilus, Trochus arcotensis, Trochus asper, Trochus avernus, Trochus bicarinatus, Trochus binodulosus, Trochus bisertus, Trochus caumontii, Trochus crenularis, Trochus delaunayi, Trochus dentatus, Trochus deslongchampsi, Trochus ellipticus, Trochus erythraeus, Trochus fastigiatus, Trochus funiculosus, Trochus glandulus, Trochus gubleri, Trochus hanleyanus, Trochus hierlatzensis, Trochus hinchmanensis, Trochus imperitus, Trochus laevis, Trochus lissochilus, Trochus maculatus, Trochus margaritifer, Trochus maximiliani, Trochus monilifer, Trochus nessigii, Trochus ornatus, Trochus ornatus, Trochus pfeifferi, Trochus poeppigii, Trochus quadrangulonodulosus, Trochus quadrilineatus, Trochus radiatulus, Trochus radiatus, Trochus rajah, Trochus rapidus, Trochus rauenorum, Trochus rotelloides, Trochus sandwichensis, Trochus sarthinus, Trochus stefaninii, Trochus stellatus, Trochus strigillatus, Trochus subglaber, Trochus sulcatus, Trochus tectum, Trochus tihensis, Trochus tricarinatus, Trochus varius, Trochus verrucosus, Trochus virgatus, Trochus woodwardi, Trochus zinkeni

Type specimen: NHMW 1899/V/193. Its type locality is St. Cassian (Wiener Hofsmuseums coll), which is in a Julian carbonate limestone in the Cassian Formation of Italy.

Ecology: epifaunal grazer

Distribution: found only at St. Cassian (Wiener Hofsmuseums coll)

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