Vanitrochus is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Trochidae, the top snails.[1]

Vanitrochus
Vanitrochus tragema
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Vetigastropoda
Order: Trochida
Superfamily: Trochoidea
Family: Trochidae
Genus: Vanitrochus
Iredale, 1929
Type species
Solariella tragema
Melvill & Standen, 1896
Synonyms

Minolia (Conotrochus) Pilsbry, 1889

Distribution

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This marine genus occurs in the Gulf of Oman, Persian Gulf; in the Indian Ocean off Pakistan, Sri Lanka; in the Pacific Ocean off the Loyalty Islands, Tuvalu, New Caledonia and off Australia (Queensland)

Species

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Species within the genus Vanitrochus include:

Species brought into synonymy
  • Vanitrochus holdsworthiana Nevill, G. & H. Nevill, 1871: synonym of Pseudominolia musiva (Gould, A.A., 1861)

References

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  1. ^ Vanitrochus. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 4 December 2012.
  2. ^ Vanitrochus geertsi Poppe, Tagaro & Dekker, 2006. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 1 May 2010.
  • Pilsbry, 1889 [Manual of conchology, ser. 1, 11: 197; Invalid: Junior homonym of Conotrochus Schröter, 1863 [Cnidaria];
  • Wilson, B., 1993. Australian Marine Shells. Prosobranch Gastropods. Odyssey Publishing, Kallaroo, WA
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