Trochita trochiformis Trochita trochiformis

Trochita trochiformis is commonly referred to as Trochita trochiformis. Difficulty in the aquarium: Not suitable for aquarium keeping. Toxicity: Toxic hazard unknown.

Leslie Harris, USA

Trochita trochiformis, Ilo, Peru 2022

Lab photo from specimen collected with permit. Observations made by the Biodiversity Ilo team from the Florida Museum of Natural History (FLMNH) & the Natural History Museum of Los Angeles (NHMLA). Photos by Jessica Whelpley (FLMNH), Brittany Cummings (FLMNH), Leslie Harris (NHMLA), CC-BY-NC-SA, credit to Biodiversity-Ilo
Courtesy of the author Leslie Harris, USA Leslie Harris, Natural History Museum of Los Angeles. Please visit www.inaturalist.org for more information.

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lexID:: 15728
AphiaID:: 224254

Scientific:: Trochita trochiformis
German:: Trochita trochiformis
English:: Trochita Trochiformis

Category:: Snails

Family tree:: Animalia (Kingdom) > Mollusca (Phylum) > Gastropoda (Class) > Littorinimorpha (Order) > Calyptraeidae (Family) > Trochita (Genus) > trochiformis (Species)
Initial determination:: (Born, ), 1778

Occurrence:: Angola, Chile, Peru, the Cape Verde Archipelago
Marine Zone:: Subtidal, sublittoral, infralittoral, deep zone of the oceans from the lower limit of the intertidal zone (intertidal) to the shelf edge at about 200 m water depth. neritic.
Sea depth:: - 20 Meter
Size:: 5,0 cm
Food:: Filter feeder, Plankton
Difficulty:: Not suitable for aquarium keeping
Offspring:: None
Toxicity:: Toxic hazard unknown

CITES:

Not evaluated

Red List:

Not evaluated (NE)

Related species at Catalog of Life:

Trochita dhofarensis
Trochita pileolus
Trochita pileus
Trochita trochiformis
Trochita trochiformis

Author:: Meerwasser-Lexikon Team
Publisher:: Meerwasser-Lexikon.de
Created:: 2023-05-06 19:56:55
Last edit:: 2023-05-06 19:56:55

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Trochita trochiformis (Born, 1778)

Synonymised names:
Calyptraea peruviana Deshayes, 1830 · unaccepted
Calyptraea radians (Lamarck, 1816) · unaccepted
Trochita calyptraeaformis auct. · unaccepted (no such name was ever established...)
Trochita radians (Lamarck, 1816) · unaccepted
Trochita spiralis Schumacher, 1817 · unaccepted
Trochita spirata Forbes, 1852 · unaccepted (uncertain synonym)
Trochus radians Lamarck, 1816 · unaccepted
Turbo trochiformis Born, 1778 · unaccepted (original combination)

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Wikipedia (de). Abgerufen am 06.05.2023.
WoRMS (en). Abgerufen am 06.05.2023.

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