Biology:Vanitrochus
From HandWiki
Short description: Genus of gastropods
| Vanitrochus | |
|---|---|
| |
| Vanitrochus tragema | |
Scientific classification 
| |
| Script error: No such module "Taxobox ranks".: | Animalia |
| Script error: No such module "Taxobox ranks".: | Mollusca |
| Script error: No such module "Taxobox ranks".: | Gastropoda |
| Script error: No such module "Taxobox ranks".: | Vetigastropoda |
| Script error: No such module "Taxobox ranks".: | Trochida |
| Script error: No such module "Taxobox ranks".: | Trochoidea |
| Script error: No such module "Taxobox ranks".: | Trochidae |
| Script error: No such module "Taxobox ranks".: | Vanitrochus Iredale, 1929 |
| Type species | |
| Solariella tragema Melvill & Standen, 1896
| |
| Synonyms | |
|
Minolia (Conotrochus) Pilsbry, 1889 | |
Vanitrochus is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Trochidae, the top snails.[1]
Distribution
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
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
- ↑ 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
External links
Wikidata ☰ Q7915001 entry
 |  |
