Trochia
Sign in to saveTrochia is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Muricidae, the murex snails or rock snails.
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Within Vinony's link graph, Trochia is referenced by 2 other articles, and connects out to Mollusca, Neogastropoda and Animalia.
It sits within the topics Monotypic gastropod genera and Ocenebrinae.
Its subject is documented across 4 Wikipedia language editions.
Species
GENUS
- KingdomAnimalia
- PhylumMollusca
- ClassGastropoda
- OrderNeogastropoda
- FamilyMuricidae
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- Parent taxon
- Ocenebrinae
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- Trochia cingulata 001.jpg
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Trochia is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Muricidae, the murex snails or rock snails.
==Description== The whorls are separated by a deep groove. The inner lip is thickened, convex and striated. The aperture shows a very short siphonal canal.
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