Rossiteria

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

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

References

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