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Genus of gastropods
Rossiteria
Original drawing with two views of a shel of Rossiteria nucleolus
Scientific 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
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
External links
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