Trochus maculatus Linnaeus 1758 (top snail)

Gastropoda - Trochoidea - Trochidae

Alternative combination: Trochus (Trochus) maculatus

Belongs to Trochus according to M. D. Perrilliat et al. 2006

See also Ladd 1966 and Short and Potter 1987

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

Ecology: epifaunal grazer

Distribution:

• Quaternary of Djibouti (2 collections), Eritrea (1), Guam (2), Japan (1), Kenya (9), New Zealand (1), Northern Mariana Islands (1), Saudi Arabia (1), the Seychelles (4), Sudan (1), Vanuatu (1)

• Pliocene of Indonesia (1)

• Miocene of Australia (1), Guam (1), Indonesia (3)

Total: 30 collections each including a single occurrence

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