Rochia Explained

Rochia is a genus of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Tegulidae.^[1]

Species

• Rochia conus (Gmelin, 1791)
• Rochia elata (Lamarck, 1822)
• Rochia hirasei (Pilsbry, 1904)
• Rochia magnifica (Poppe, 2004)
• Rochia maxima (Koch, 1844)
• Rochia nilotica (Linnaeus, 1767)
• Rochia virgata (Gmelin, 1791)

Synonyms:

• Rochia acutangula (Anton, 1838): synonym of Rochia conus (Gmelin, 1791)
• Rochia maximus (Koch, 1844): synonym of Rochia maxima (Koch, 1844) (wrong gender agreement of specific epithet)
• Rochia niloticus (Linnaeus, 1767): synonym of Rochia nilotica (Linnaeus, 1767) (wrong gender agreement of specific epithet)

External links

• Gray, J. E. (1857). Guide to the systematic distribution of Mollusca in the British Museum. Part I. [Gastropoda]. British Museum, London, xii + 230 pp
• Gray, J. E. (1842). Molluscs. Pp. 48-92, in: Synopsis of the contents of the British Museum, edition 44. British Museum. London. iv + 308 p.
• Williams, S. T. (2012). Advances in molecular systematics of the vetigastropod superfamily Trochoidea. Zoologica Scripta. 41(6): 571-595

Notes and References

1. MolluscaBase eds. (2022). MolluscaBase. Rochia Gray, 1857. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1251278 on 2022-04-25