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A Database of Western Atlantic Marine Mollusca

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Gastropoda: : Calyptraeoidea: Calyptraeidae

Trochita trochiformis (Born, 1778)
Not found in the Western Atlantic


Maximum Reported Size: 38  mm

Synonymy

Turbo trochiformis Born, 1778
Patella trochiformis (Born, 1778) 
Trochus radians Lamarck, 1816

Details


Turbo trochiformis Born, 1778,
[Basis of the current name]
Combining Genera:  Patella

Trochus radians Lamarck, 1816, p. [Lamarck 1822b, p. 11], pl. 445, figs. 3a-b
[Synonym]
Type Locality: Not stated [Proche la Guadeloupe (Lamarck 1822b), in error]
Maximum Reported Size: 38 mm
References: Lamarck (1822b) M; Keen (1971) s
Comments: Mislocalized Trochita trochiformis, Eastern Pacific.


Partial List of References

Lamarck, [J. B.] 1816. Tableau Encyclopédique et Méthodique des Trois Règnes de la Nature  [iii] + 16 pp., pls. 391-431, 431 bis, 431 bis*, 432-488. Veuve Agasse: Paris.

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