Overview
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Interesting Facts
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Description
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Family Trochidae
Operculum thin and horny , with numerous spiral lines .
Habitat
Typically found in the intertidal zone at the water's edge at a mean distance from sea level of -162 meters (-533 feet).[1]
Biome: Coastal.
Taxonomy
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- Domain:
Eukaryota
(
)
- Whittaker & Margulis,1978
- eukaryotes
- Kingdom:
Animalia
()
- C. Linnaeus, 1758
- animals
- Subkingdom:
Bilateria
()
- (Hatschek, 1888) Cavalier-Smith, 1983
- Branch:
Protostomia
()
- Grobben, 1908
- Infrakingdom:
Lophotrochozoa
()
- Superphylum:
Eutrochozoa
()
- Phylum:
Mollusca
()
- (C. Linnaeus, 1758) Cuvier, 1795
- Molluscs
- Class:
Gastropoda
()
- Cuvier, 1795
- Snails and Slugs
- Subclass:
Orthogastropoda
()
- Ponder & Lindberg, 1996
- Superorder:
Vetigastropoda
()
- Salvini-Plawen, 1980
- Order:
Vetigastropoda
()
- Superfamily:
Trochoidea
()
- C.S. Rafinesque, 1815
- Family:
Trochidae
()
- C.S. Rafinesque, 1815
- Top Snails
- Subfamily:
Margaritinae
()
- Genus:
Euchelus
()
- Philippi, 1847
- Specific name:
atratus
- (Gmelin, 1791)
- Scientific name: - Euchelus atratus (Gmelin, 1791)
- Specific name:
atratus
- (Gmelin, 1791)
- Genus:
Euchelus
(
- Subfamily:
Margaritinae
(
- Family:
Trochidae
(
- Superfamily:
Trochoidea
(
- Order:
Vetigastropoda
(
- Superorder:
Vetigastropoda
(
- Subclass:
Orthogastropoda
(
- Class:
Gastropoda
(
- Phylum:
Mollusca
(
- Superphylum:
Eutrochozoa
(
- Infrakingdom:
Lophotrochozoa
(
- Branch:
Protostomia
(
- Subkingdom:
Bilateria
(
- Kingdom:
Animalia
(
Similar Species
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Members of the genus Euchelus
ZipcodeZoo has pages for 1 species and subspecies in this genus:
E. guttarosea (Red-Spot Topsnail)
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Further Reading
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- Index to volume I, numbers 1 to 17. 1 1900 Chicago: Field Columbian Museum, 1900. url p. 317.
- Manual of conchology, structural and systematic: with illustrations of the species / by George W. Tryon, Jr. Philadelphia: Published by the Author, Academy of Natural Sciences, 1879-1898. url p. 15, p. 434, p. 440, p. 440, p. 441, p. 490, p. 490.
- Marine mollusca of Madras and the immediate neighbourhood; notes on a collection of marine shells from Lively Island, Falklands; and other papers, ManchesterJ.E. Gornish1898 url p. 78.
- Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia. Philadelphia, Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia url p. 874, p. 874.
- Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales. Sydney, Linnean Society of New South Wales. url , , p. 117, p. 312, p. 798.
- Proceedings of the Royal Society of Victoria. Melbourne: The Society, 1889- url p. 138, p. 238.
- Report of the Australian Association for the advancement of Science. Sidney, The Association. url p. 354.
- Report to the government of Ceylon on the pearl oyster fisheries of the gulf of Manaar, by W.A. Herdman. .. With supplementary reports upon the marine biology of Ceylon, by other naturalists. Pub. at the request of the colonial government by the Royal society. London, 1903-06. url p. 270.
- Revue méthodique et critique des collections déposées dans cet établissement. Leyden, Rijksmuseum van Natuurlijke Historie. url p. 474.
- Shells and sea life. Phoenix, AZ: Miranda Enterprises, url p. 3, p. 3, p. 4, p. 4, p. 5, p. 6.
Notes
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Contributors
- Brands, S.J. (comp.) 1989-present. The Taxonomicon. Universal Taxonomic Services, Zwaag, The Netherlands. Accessed January 17, 2012.
Data Sources
Accessed through GBIF Data Portal November 18, 2007:
- Academy of Natural Sciences, Academy of Natural Sciences Malacology Database
- Academy of Natural Sciences, Academy of Natural Sciences OBIS Mollusc Database [Darwin Core]
- Institute of Marine and Coastal Sciences, Rutgers University, Academy of Natural Sciences OBIS Mollusc Database
- Marine Science Institute, UCSB, Paleobiology Database
- National Chemical Laboratory, IndOBIS, Indian Ocean Node of OBIS
- OZCAM
- Provider, Online Zoological Collections of Australian Museums
Identifiers
- Biodiversity Heritage Library NamebankID: 1914825
- Global Biodiversity Information Facility Taxonkey: 14772924
- Zipcode Zoo Species Identifier: 642220
Footnotes
- Standard Deviation = 849.170 based on 250 observations. Terrestrial altitude and ocean depth information for each observation from British Oceanographic Data Centre. [back]
