Trochidae information

The Trochidae, common name top-snails or top-shells, are a family of various sized sea snails, marine gastropod molluscs in the subclass Vetigastropoda...

inner shell layer include marine gastropods such as the Haliotidae, the Trochidae and the Turbinidae. Nacre is composed of hexagonal platelets of aragonite...

Herpetopoma is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod molluscs of the family Chilodontaidae. In the past, this genus was often treated as a subgenus of...

species of small sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Trochidae, the top shells. The fossil record of this species goes back to the Early...

praecellens is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Trochidae. It is only known as a fossil. Kaiparathina praecellens Laws, 1941. Accessed...

they can consume it. Some marine snails such as abalone and top snails, Trochidae, have numerous small tentacles around the edge of the mantle. These are...

Cittarium pica, also known as the magpie or West Indian top shell, family Trochidae. In Japan, whelks (ツブ, 螺, tsubu) are frequently used in sashimi and sushi...

new trochids of the genus Antimargarita (Gastropoda: Vetigastropoda: Trochidae) from the Bellingshausen Sea and South Shetland Islands, Antarctica. Polar...

features of the black turban snail Tegula funebralis (Prosobranchia: Trochidae)". Marine Biology. 31 (2): 181–192. Bibcode:1975MarBi..31..181F. doi:10...

is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Trochidae, the top snails. The pink-lipped topshell has monomorphic purplish-black...

is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Trochidae, the top snails. This species occurs in the Indian Ocean off Madagascar...

denizi is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Trochidae, the top snails. The height of the shell attains 3 mm. This species occurs...

new trochids of the genus Antimargarita (Gastropoda: Vetigastropoda: Trochidae) from the Bellingshausen Sea and South Shetland Islands, Antarctica. Polar...

monodi is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Trochidae, the top snails. The new combination herein has been created, for consistency...

Family Lepetidae Superfamily Trochacea Family Calliostomatidae Family Trochidae Family Stomatellidae Family Cyclostrematidae Family Turbinidae Family...

Mother of pearl from many seashells including species in the family Trochidae, Turbinidae, Haliotidae, and various pearly bivalves, has often been used...

species of small sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Trochidae, the top shells. The size of an adult shell of Clanculus puniceus varies...

minor is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Trochidae, the top snails. The height of the shell attains 5 mm. The small shell...

confusa is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Trochidae, the top snails. The height of the shell attains 20 mm, its diameter 18 mm...

dereimsi is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Trochidae. This species occurs in the Atlantic Ocean off São Tomé and Príncipe and...

depictus is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Trochidae, the top snails. The pseudo-umbilicate shell has a conoid shape. It is...

species of small sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Trochidae, subfamily Monodontinae. The size of the shell varies between 15 mm and...

sementis is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Trochidae, the top snails. The height of the shell attains 6.1 mm. This species...

is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Trochidae, the top snails. The solid, rounded shells are up to 2 cm wide. They are...

medium-to large-sized, top-shaped sea snails with an operculum, of the family Trochidae, the top snails. When the word "trochus" or "Trochus" is used in reference...

calcareous operculum readily distinguishing them from the somewhat similar Trochidae or top snails, which have a corneous operculum. This strong operculum...

glabrata is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Trochidae, the top snails. The height of the shell attains 15 mm, its diameter 13 mm...

gibbula is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Trochidae, the top snails. This marine species occurs off the Agulhas Current, South...

rafaemesai is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Trochidae, the top snails. This species occurs in the Atlantic Ocean off the Canary...

chlorites is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Trochidae, the top snails. The height of the shell attains 7 mm, its diameter 6 mm...