| Coelotrochus | |
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| Shell of Coelotrochus tiaratus (lectotype at MNHN, Paris) | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Vetigastropoda |
| Order: | Trochida |
| Superfamily: | Trochoidea |
| Family: | Trochidae |
| Genus: | Coelotrochus Fischer, 1880 |
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| Coelotrochus tiaratus Quoy, H.E.T. & J.P. Gaimard, 1834 | |
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Coelotrochus is a genus of small sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Trochidae, the top snails.
Description
The false umbilicus is very deep and narrow, penetrating deeper than the columella, which is inserted upon its edge, not in the centre of the axis.
Distribution
This marine genus is endemic to New Zealand.
Species
Species within the genus Coelotrochus include:
- † Coelotrochus avarus (Suter, 1917)
- † Coelotrochus bibaphus (Bartrum & Powell, 1928)
- † Coelotrochus browni (C. A. Fleming, 1943)
- Coelotrochus carinatus (B. A. Marshall, 1998)
- Coelotrochus carmesinus (Webster, 1908)
- Coelotrochus chathamensis (Hutton, 1873)
- Coelotrochus davegibbsi (B. A. Marshall, 1998)
- † Coelotrochus fossilis (Finlay, 1926)
- † Coelotrochus gracilis (Laws, 1936)
- Coelotrochus oppressus (B. A. Marshall, 1998)
- Coelotrochus polychromus (B. A. Marshall, 1998)
- Coelotrochus rex (B. A. Marshall, 1998)
- Coelotrochus tiaratus (Quoy & Gaimard, 1834)
- Coelotrochus viridis (Gmelin, 1791)
References
- ^ Bouchet, P. (2010). Coelotrochus P. Fischer, 1879. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=512304 on 2012-06-20
- Suter H. (1913-1915), Manual of New Zealand Mollusca; Wellington, N. Z. :J. Mackay, govt. printer,1913-1915
- Nomenclator Zoologicus info
- Image of the holotype of the species, N.Z. government site
- Williams S.T., Donald K.M., Spencer H.G. & Nakano T. (2010) Molecular systematics of the marine gastropod families Trochidae and Calliostomatidae (Mollusca: Superfamily Trochoidea). Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 54:783-809.
External links
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