Trochus strigillatus Klipstein 1843 (top snail)

Gastropoda - Trochoidea - Trochidae

Full reference: A. Klipstein. 1843. Beschreibung neuer Versteinerungen von St. Cassian und einiger anderer Localitäten, Erster Abschnitt. Mollusken. Beiträge zur Geologischen Kenntniss der Östlichen Alpen 101-207

Belongs to Trochus according to E. Kittl 1891

See also Klipstein 1843

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 sulcatus, Trochus tectum, Trochus tihensis, Trochus toulai, Trochus tricarinatus, Trochus varius, Trochus verrucosus, Trochus virgatus, Trochus woodwardi, Trochus zinkeni

Type specimen: Its type locality is St. Cassian (Klipstein BMNH coll), which is in a Julian carbonate limestone in the Cassian Formation of Italy.

Ecology: epifaunal grazer

Distribution: found only at St. Cassian (Klipstein BMNH coll)

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