Trenchia Explained

Trenchia is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks, unassigned in the superfamily Seguenzioidea.^{[1] [2]}

Notes

Additional information regarding this genus:

• It was previously placed in the subfamily Skeneidae of the Turbinidae as a placeholder, since many other taxa in Skeneidae were of uncertain phylogenetic position.

Species

Species within the genus Trenchia include:

• Trenchia agulhasae (Clarke, 1961)
• Trenchia anselmoi Rubio & Rolán, 2013
• Trenchia biangulata Rubio & Rolán, 2013
• Trenchia teriuga Hoffman, Gofas & Freiwald, 2020
• Trenchia wolffi Knudsen, 1964
• Trenchia xenos (Hoffman, Van Heugten & Lavaleye, 2010)

Species brought into synonymy:

• Trenchia argentinae (Clarke, 1961): synonym of Trenchia agulhasae argentinae (Clarke, 1961)

References

• Warén A. & Bouchet P. (1993) New records, species, genera, and a new family of gastropods from hydrothermal vents and hydrocarbon seeps. Zoologica Scripta 22: 1-90

External links

• World Register of Marine Species
• Knudsen J. 1964. Scaphopoda and Gastropoda from depths exceeding 6000 meters. Galathea Report 7: 125-136
• Kano Y., Chikyu, E. & Warén, A. (2009) Morphological, ecological and molecular characterization of the enigmatic planispiral snail genus Adeuomphalus (Vetigastropoda: Seguenzioidea). Journal of Molluscan Studies, 75:397-418

Notes and References

1. Rosenberg, G. (2012). Trenchia Knudsen, 1964. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=428564 on 27 March 2013
2. Galathea II, Danish Deep Sea Expedition 1950-52