Rubritrochus
Rubritrochus is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Trochidae, the top snails.[1]
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| Apertural view of a shell of Rubritrochus declivis | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Vetigastropoda |
| Order: | Trochida |
| Superfamily: | Trochoidea |
| Family: | Trochidae |
| Genus: | Rubritrochus L. Beck, 1995 |
| Type species | |
| Gibbula pulcherrima A. Adams, 1855 | |
Species
Species within the genus Rubritrochus include:
- Rubritrochus declivis (Forskål, 1775)
- Rubritrochus pulcherrimus (A. Adams, 1855)
References
- Rubritrochus L. Beck, 1995 . Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 2 April 2011.
- Beck L.A. (1995) Rubritrochus, a new genus name for Gibbula pulcherrima A. Adams 1855 and Gibbula declivis (Forskal 1775). Archiv für Molluskenkunde 124(1-2): 65-85
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