Vanitrochus
| Vanitrochus | |
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| Vanitrochus tragema | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Vetigastropoda |
| Order: | Trochida |
| Superfamily: | Trochoidea |
| Family: | Trochidae |
| Genus: | Vanitrochus Iredale, 1929 |
| Type species | |
| Solariella tragema Melvill & Standen, 1896
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| Synonyms | |
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Minolia (Conotrochus) Pilsbry, 1889 | |
Vanitrochus is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Trochidae, the top snails.[1]
Distribution[edit]
This marine genus occurs in the Gulf of Oman, Persian Gulf; in the Indian Ocean off Pakistan, Sri Lanka; in the Pacific Ocean off the Loyalty Islands, Tuvalu, New Caledonia and off Australia (Queensland)
Species[edit]
Species within the genus Vanitrochus include:
- Vanitrochus geertsi Poppe, Tagaro & Dekker, 2006[2]
- Vanitrochus padangensis (Thiele, 1925)
- Vanitrochus semiustus (Fischer, 1879)
- Vanitrochus tragema (Melvill & Standen, 1896)
- Species brought into synonymy
- Vanitrochus holdsworthiana Nevill, G. & H. Nevill, 1871: synonym of Pseudominolia musiva (Gould, A.A., 1861)
References[edit]
- ^ Vanitrochus. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 4 December 2012.
- ^ Vanitrochus geertsi Poppe, Tagaro & Dekker, 2006. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 1 May 2010.
- Pilsbry, 1889 [Manual of conchology, ser. 1, 11: 197; Invalid: Junior homonym of Conotrochus Schröter, 1863 [Cnidaria];
- Wilson, B., 1993. Australian Marine Shells. Prosobranch Gastropods. Odyssey Publishing, Kallaroo, WA
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