Rossiteria
Rossiteria is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Trochidae, the top snails.[1]
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| Original drawing with two views of a shel of Rossiteria nucleolus | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Vetigastropoda |
| Order: | Trochida |
| Superfamily: | Trochoidea |
| Family: | Trochidae |
| Genus: | Rossiteria Brazier, 1895 |
| Type species | |
| Trochus nucleus Philippi, R.A., 1849 | |
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Description
The umbilicus is narrow. The columella is arcuate, obliquely plicate, terminating in a strong anterior tooth.[2]
Species
Species within the genus Rossiteria include:[1]
- Rossiteria nucleolus (Pilsbry, 1903)
- Rossiteria nucleus (Philippi, 1849)
- Rossiteria pseudonucleolus Poppe, Tagaro & Dekker, 2006[3]
- Species brought into synonymy
- Monilea (Rossiteria) nucleolus Pilsbry, 1903: synonym of Rossiteria nucleolus (Pilsbry, 1903)
References
- Rossiteria . Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 1 May 2010.
- Brazier, Rossiteria, a new subgenus of the family Trochidae; Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales ser;2 v.9 p. 728 (1894)
- Rossiteria pseudonucleolus Poppe, Tagaro & Dekker, 2006. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 1 May 2010.
- Wilson, B., 1993. Australian Marine Shells. Prosobranch Gastropods. Odyssey Publishing, Kallaroo, WA
- Higo, S., Callomon, P. & Goto, Y. (1999) Catalogue and Bibliography of the Marine Shell-Bearing Mollusca of Japan. Elle Scientific Publications, Yao, Japan, 749 pp
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