Vanitrochus | |
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Vanitrochus tragema | |
Scientific classification
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Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Mollusca |
Class: | Gastropoda |
Subclass: | Vetigastropoda |
Order: | Trochida |
Superfamily: | Trochoidea |
Family: | Trochidae |
Genus: |
Vanitrochus Iredale, 1929 |
Type species | |
Solariella tragema Melvill & Standen, 1896
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Synonyms | |
Minolia (Conotrochus) Pilsbry, 1889 |
Vanitrochus is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Trochidae, the top snails. [1]
This marine genus occurs in the Gulf of Oman, Persian Gulf; in the Indian Ocean off Pakistan, Sri Lanka; in the Pacific Ocean off the Loyalty Islands, Tuvalu, New Caledonia and off Australia ( Queensland)
Species within the genus Vanitrochus include: