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Trochus

Gastropoda - Trochidae

Taxonomy
Trochus was named by Linnaeus (1758) [Sepkoski's age data: T Mi R Sepkoski's reference number: 909]. It is extant. Its type is Trochus maculatus. It is the type genus of Trochoidea.

It was assigned to Archaeogastropoda by Sepkoski (2002); to Trochinae by MacNeil (1960), Wilson (1993), van den Hoek Ostende et al. (2002) and Bouchet et al. (2005); and to Trochidae by White (1885), White (1889), Ladd (1966), Abbass (1967), Short and Potter (1987), Frassinetti and Covacevich (1999) and Hendy (2007).

Species lacking formal opinion data

Synonyms
  • Lamprostoma was named by Swainson (1840) [COMMENTS: This is distinct genus/subgenus from Lamprodomina Swainson, 1840; Lamprostoma = synonym of Trochus.].

    It was reranked as Trochus (Lamprostoma) by Oppenheim (1900); it was synonymized subjectively with Trochus by Hendy (2007).

    It was assigned to Trochus by Oppenheim (1900).
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1758Trochus Linnaeus
1840Lamprostoma Swainson
1885Trochus White p. 260
1889Trochus White p. 447
1900Trochus (Lamprostoma) Oppenheim p. 281
1960Trochus MacNeil p. 25
1966Trochus Ladd p. 37
1967Trochus Abbass p. 2
1987Trochus Short and Potter p. 10
1993Trochus Wilson p. 90
1999Trochus Frassinetti and Covacevich p. 45
2002Trochus Sepkoski
2002Trochus van den Hoek Ostende et al. p. 4
2005Trochus Bouchet et al. p. 176
2007Trochus Hendy p. 152

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
RankNameAuthor
phylumMollusca
classGastropoda
subclassVetigastropoda(Salvini-Plawen 1980)
superfamilyTrochoidea(Rafinesque 1815)
familyTrochidaeRafinesque 1815
genusTrochusLinnaeus 1758

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. Trochus Linnaeus 1758
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Subg. †Trochus (Anadema) Adams and Adams 1854
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Subg. †Trochus (Carinidea) Uhlig 1881
Subg. Trochus (Coelotrochus) Fischer 1879
Subg. †Trochus (Flemingia) De Koninck 1881
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Subg. Trochus (Margarita) Leach 1819
Subg. Trochus (Praecia) Gray 1857
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Solarium ammonites Lamarck 1804
Solarium amphitermum Dall 1892
Solarium arnense Chandler 1962
Solarium bicornatum Traub 1938
Solarium canaliculatum Lamarck 1804
Solarium compressum Traub 1938
Solarium costulatum Ponzi 1876
Solarium cotswoldiae Lycett 1850
Solarium elaboratum Conrad 1833
Solarium javanum Martin 1879
Solarium lartetianum Leymerie 1851
Solarium lorenzoensis Arnold 1908
Solarium nelsoni Woods 1922
Solarium ornatum Lea 1833
Solarium patellatum Lamarck 1804
Solarium patulum Lamarck 1804
Solarium plicatum Lamarck 1804
Solarium rugosum Ponzi 1876
Solarium sulcatum Lamarck 1804
Solarium trilineatum Conrad 1841
Solarium triliraium Conrad 1847
Solarium wallalense White 1885
Subg. Trochus (Thorista) Iredale 1915
Subg. †Trochus (Turcicula) Koken 1900
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Subg. Trochus (Ziziphinus) Gray 1847
Trochus adrianensis Gemmellaro 1889
Trochus agglutinans Lamarck 1804
Trochus alligatus Lamarck 1804
Trochus alpis Winckler 1861
Trochus ambalensis Weir 1925
Trochus angulatoplicatus Muenster 1844
Trochus anthracophilus Roemer 1880
Trochus arcotensis Forbes 1846
Trochus asper Gmelin 1791
Trochus avernus Stoliczka 1861
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Invalid names: Trochus (Gibbula) subavernus Seguenza 1885 [synonym]
Trochus bicarinatus Lamarck 1804
Trochus binodulosus Klipstein 1843
Trochus bisertus Münster 1841
Trochus caumontii Klipstein 1843
Trochus crenularis Lamarck 1804
Trochus delaunayi Cossmann 1907
Trochus dentatus Forskal 1775
Trochus deslongchampsi Klipstein 1843
Trochus ellipticus Goldfuss 1844
Trochus erythraeus Brocchi 1823
Trochus fastigiatus Adams 1853
Trochus funiculosus Kittl 1891
Trochus glandulus Laube 1869
Trochus gubleri Delpey 1941
Trochus hanleyanus Reeve 1843
Trochus hierlatzensis von Ammon 1892
Trochus hinchmanensis Crickmay 1933
Trochus imperitus Perner 1903
Trochus laevis Sowerby 1846
Trochus lissochilus Kittl 1891
Trochus maculatus Linnaeus 1758
Trochus margaritifer Böhm 1891
Trochus maximiliani Klipstein 1843
Trochus monilifer Lamarck 1804
Trochus nessigii Römer 1843
Trochus ornatus Klipstein 1843
Trochus ornatus Lamarck 1804
Trochus pfeifferi Philippi 1846
Trochus poeppigii Philippi 1887
Trochus quadrangulonodulosus Klipstein 1843
Trochus quadrilineatus Klipstein 1843
Trochus radiatulus Forbes 1846
Trochus radiatus Gmelin 1792
Trochus rajah Forbes 1846
Trochus rapidus Stoppani 1857
Trochus rauenorum Kiel and Bandel 2004
Trochus rotelloides Forbes 1846
Trochus sandwichensis Souleyet 1852
Trochus sarthinus d'Orbigny 1842
Trochus stefaninii Nardini 1934
Trochus stellatus Gmelin 1791
Trochus strigillatus Klipstein 1843
Trochus subglaber Münster 1841
Trochus sulcatus Lamarck 1804
Trochus tectum Gmelin 1791
Trochus tihensis Abbass 1967
Trochus toulai Kittl 1891
Trochus tricarinatus Klipstein 1843
Trochus varius Linnaeus 1758
Trochus verrucosus Münster 1841
Trochus virgatus Gmelin 1792
Trochus woodwardi Martin 1882
Trochus zinkeni Klipstein 1843
Invalid names: Lamprostoma Swainson 1840 [synonym]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available