Gastropoda - Trochoidea - Trochidae
Synonyms: Lamprostoma Swainson 1840, Trochus (Lamprostoma) Swainson 1840
Parent taxon: Trochidae according to A. J. W. Hendy 2007
See also Abbass 1967, Bouchet et al. 2005, Frassinetti and Covacevich 1999, Harzhauser 2004, Ladd 1966, MacNeil 1960, Sepkoski 2002, Short and Potter 1987, van den Hoek Ostende et al. 2002, White 1885, White 1889 and Wilson 1993
Sister taxa: Aaleniella, Anticonulus, Antisolarium, Buckmanina, Calliostomatinae, Canthardinae, Chlorostoma, Chuelskia, Cirsostylus, Cittarium, Cochleochilus, Coeloconulus, Coralastele, Enida, Eocalliostoma, Eucyclinae, Falsotectus, Francisciconcha, Gena, Granulifera, Halistylinae, Hybochelus, Karabolkia, Lirulariinae, Lithotrochus, Livona, Margarella, Microgaza, Monodontinae, Norrisia, Phorcus, Prothalotia, Serratotrochus, Solariconulus, Stelzneria, Stomatellinae, Suavotrochus, Synaptocochlea, Thalotia, Trochaclididae, Trochaclis, Trochinae, Trochotectus, Turcicula, Umboniinae, Vacekia, Eostomias, Stomatiinae
Subtaxa: 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 toulai Trochus tricarinatus Trochus varius Trochus verrucosus Trochus virgatus Trochus woodwardi Trochus zinkeni
Type: Trochus maculatus
Ecology: epifaunal grazer
Distribution:
• Quaternary of Australia (2 collections), Chile (1), Djibouti (6), Egypt (1), Eritrea (2), Guam (2), India (2), Japan (12), Jordan (3), Kenya (10), the Marshall Islands (2), Morocco (9), Mozambique (1), New Zealand (2), Northern Mariana Islands (1), Pakistan (1), Saudi Arabia (1), the Seychelles (6), Spain (1), Sudan (1), Tonga (2), United States (8: California, Hawaii, South Carolina), Vanuatu (2)
• Pliocene of Fiji (1), Holy See (Vatican City State) (1), Indonesia (5), Japan (1), New Zealand (1), the United Kingdom (3)
• Miocene of Australia (3), Brazil (2), Chile (9), Cyprus (10), Fiji (1), Guam (1), Indonesia (10), Japan (3), Libya (1), Madagascar (1), Malaysia (1), Northern Mariana Islands (1), Poland (1), Romania (1), Ukraine (1), United States (2: Maryland, New Jersey)
• Oligocene of United States (2: Mississippi)
• Eocene to Oligocene of Argentina (2)
• Eocene of Egypt (3), France (10), Germany (1), Indonesia (2), Italy (2), Mexico (1), Pakistan (1), Trinidad and Tobago (1), the United Kingdom (6), United States (3: Alabama, Texas)
• Paleocene of Austria (1), Denmark (1), Egypt (2), United States (2: Alabama, Virginia)
• Cretaceous of Brazil (1), Bulgaria (1), Cameroon (1), France (8), Germany (6), Madagascar (2), Mexico (1), Mozambique (1), Poland (1), Spain (1), Sweden (1), Switzerland (10), the United Arab Emirates (1), the United Kingdom (4), United States (1: Tennessee)
• Jurassic of Ethiopia (2), France (5), India (1), Italy (2), New Zealand (1), Poland (1), Saudi Arabia (10), Serbia and Montenegro (1), Somalia (1), Tanzania (1), Tunisia (2), the United Kingdom (1), United States (1: California)
• Triassic of China (2), Germany (1), Indonesia (3), Italy (8), United States (2: Alaska)
• Permian of Cambodia (1), Indonesia (1), Italy (1), United States (1: Texas)
• Devonian of Germany (1)
Total: 268 collections including 368 occurrences
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