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

Rochia
Shell of Rochia nilotica (specimen at MNHN, Paris)
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Vetigastropoda
Order: Trochida
Superfamily: Trochoidea
Family: Tegulidae
Genus: Rochia
Gray, 1857
Type species
Trochus acutangulus Anton, 1838
Synonyms[1]
  • Cardinalia Gray, 1842
  • Tectus (Cardinalia) Gray, 1842
  • Tectus (Rochia) Gray, 1857
  • Trochus (Cardinalia) Gray, 1842

Species

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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)

References

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  1. ^ a b 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
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