Trochoidea (genus)

This article is about a genus of air-breathing land snails. For the eponymous superfamily of sea snails, see Trochoidea (superfamily).
Trochoidea
Five views of a shell of Trochoidea pyramidata (Draparnaud, 1805)
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
(unranked): clade Heterobranchia
clade Euthyneura
clade Panpulmonata
clade Eupulmonata
clade Stylommatophora
informal group Sigmurethra
Superfamily: Helicoidea
Family: Hygromiidae
Genus: Trochoidea
Brown, 1827[1]

Trochoidea is a genus of air-breathing land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the family Hygromiidae. The name means "those that are shaped like a top".

(The same name, Trochoidea is currently also used for a superfamily of sea snails with gills, a superfamily that includes the top shells, Trochidae, and the turban shells, Turbinidae.)

Species

Species within the genus Trochoidea include:[2][3]

The following species have been brought into synonymy:

References

Further reading

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