Gastropoda - Trochoidea - Trochidae
Full reference: G. A. Goldfuss. 1844. Divisio quinta. Molluscorum gasteropodum reliquiae. Petrefacta Germaniae et ea, quae in Museuo Universitatis Regiae, Borussicae Frederischiae Wilhelmiae Rhenanae servantur et alia quacungue in Museis Hueninghausiano, Muensteriano aliisque exstant, iconibus et descriptionnibus illustrata 3(5):1-120
Belongs to Trochus according to G. A. Goldfuss 1844
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 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 toulai, Trochus tricarinatus, Trochus varius, Trochus verrucosus, Trochus virgatus, Trochus woodwardi, Trochus zinkeni
Ecology: epifaunal grazer
Distribution: there are no occurrences of Trochus ellipticus in the database
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