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Trochus stellatus Gmelin, 1791

kingdom Animalia - animals »  phylum Mollusca - mollusks »  class Gastropoda - gastropods »  order Trochida »  family Trochidae - top-shells »  genus Trochus

Scientific synonyms

Trochus incrassatus Lamarck, 1822
Trochus obesus Reeve, 1862
Trochus stellaris Röding, 1798
Pyramidea tubiferus Chenu, 1859

Images

Trochus stellatus

Author: Jan Delsing

Trochus stellatus

Author: Pilsbry - Manual of Conchology Serie 1 Volume 11

Trochus stellatus

Author: Jan Delsing

Trochus stellatus

Author: Jan Delsing

Description

Trochus incrassatus: Conical, thick, heavy, solid, whitish, radiately striped above and below with purplish red ; outlines of spire convex ; whorls 7 to 8, coarsely granulose in about 5 or 6 spiral series, of which the upper series is most prominent; periphery rounded ; base a little concave, with about 7 concentric granulose or subgranulose lirae ; aperture strongly lirate within upon the parietal and outer wall, basal margin with four or five teeth ; columella dentate ; umbilical tract nearly smooth or obsoletely spirally plicate. Alt. 30, diam. 30 mill.
Source: Tryon & Pilsbry, Manual of Conchology, Serie 1, Volume 11.

Interchangeable taxa

Trochus incrassatus: Typically narrower, more solid than T. creniferus, with heavier parietal callus and not so strongly tuberculate around the periphery. T. incrassatus Phil, may be a synonym of T. creniferus.
Source: Tryon & Pilsbry, Manual of Conchology, Serie 1, Volume 11.
Author: Jan Delsing

Similar species

Trochus creniferus Kiener, 1880
Trochus maculatus Linnaeus, 1758

Links and literature

EN Australian Faunal Directory [9d92c0c0-9e64-4e35-952f-b390710627d4]

ABRS (2009-2019): Australian Faunal Directory [https://biodiversity.org.au/afd/home], Australian Biological Resources Study, Canberra [as Trochus stellatus Gmelin, 1791]
Data retrieved on: 15 February 2015
EN Galli C.: WMSDB - Wolrdwide Mollusc Species Data Base July 10, 2013 [http://www.bagniliggia.it/WMSD/WMSDhome....] [as Trochus stellatus Gmelin, 1791]
Data retrieved on: 21 July 2015

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