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Trochita

Gastropoda - Neotaenioglossa - Calyptraeidae

Taxonomy
Trochita was named by Schumacher (1817) [Sepkoski's age data: T Than R Sepkoski's reference number: 614]. It is extant.

It was reranked as Calyptraea (Trochita) by Nagao (1928), Grant and Gale (1931), Harris and Palmer (1947), Addicott (1970) and Vokes (1975).

It was assigned to Calyptraea by Nagao (1928), Grant and Gale (1931), Harris and Palmer (1947), Addicott (1970) and Vokes (1975); to Calyptraeidae by Woodring (1957) and Todd (2001); and to Neotaenioglossa by Sepkoski (2002).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1817Trochita Schumacher
1928Calyptraea (Trochita) Nagao p. 94
1931Calyptraea (Trochita) Grant and Gale p. 795
1947Calyptraea (Trochita) Harris and Palmer p. 260
1957Trochita Woodring pp. 79, 80
1970Calyptraea (Trochita) Addicott p. 61
1975Calyptraea (Trochita) Vokes
2001Trochita Todd
2002Trochita Sepkoski

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
RankNameAuthor
classGastropoda
subclassCaenogastropoda(Cox 1959)
orderNeotaenioglossaHaller 1882
suborderPtenoglossa(Gray 1853)
superfamilyCalyptraeoideaLamarck 1809
familyCalyptraeidaeLamarck 1809
genusTrochitaSchumacher 1817

If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.

G. Trochita Schumacher 1817
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Invalid names: Trochita perarmata Conrad 1841 [synonym]
Calyptraea (Trochita) floridana Olsson and Petit 1964
Trochita collinsii Gabb 1881
Trochita pileolus d'Orbigny 1841
Trochita pileus Lamarck 1822
Trochita radians Lamarck 1816
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available