Rossiteria

Rossiteria
Original drawing with two views of a shel of Rossiteria nucleolus
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Vetigastropoda
Order: Trochida
Superfamily: Trochoidea
Family: Trochidae
Genus: Rossiteria
Brazier, 1895
Type species
Trochus nucleus
Philippi, R.A., 1849
Synonyms
  • Gibbula (Rossiteria) Brazier, 1895 (original rank)
  • Monilea (Rossiteria) Brazier, 1895
  • Solanderia P. Fischer, 1879 (Invalid: junior homonym of Solanderia Duchassaing & Michelotti, 1846 [Cnidaria]; Rossiteria is a replacement name)
  • Trochus (Solanderia) P. Fischer, 1879 ( junior homonym of Solanderia Duchassaing & Michelin, 1846)

Rossiteria is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Trochidae, the top snails.[1]

Description

The umbilicus is narrow. The columella is arcuate, obliquely plicate, terminating in a strong anterior tooth.[2]

Species

Species within the genus Rossiteria include:[1]

Species brought into synonymy
  • Monilea (Rossiteria) nucleolus Pilsbry, 1903: synonym of Rossiteria nucleolus (Pilsbry, 1903)

References

  1. ^ a b Rossiteria. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 1 May 2010.
  2. ^ Brazier, Rossiteria, a new subgenus of the family Trochidae; Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales ser;2 v.9 p. 728 (1894)
  3. ^ Rossiteria pseudonucleolus Poppe, Tagaro & Dekker, 2006. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 1 May 2010.
  • Wilson, B., 1993. Australian Marine Shells. Prosobranch Gastropods. Odyssey Publishing, Kallaroo, WA
  • Higo, S., Callomon, P. & Goto, Y. (1999) Catalogue and Bibliography of the Marine Shell-Bearing Mollusca of Japan. Elle Scientific Publications, Yao, Japan, 749 pp
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