Trochoidea (genus)

This article is about a genus of air-breathing land snails. For the identically named superfamily of sea snails, see Trochoidea (superfamily).

Trochoidea is a genus of air-breathing land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the subfamily Helicellinae of the family Geomitridae.^{[2] [3]} The name means "those that are shaped like a top".

Trochoidea
Five views of a shell of Trochoidea pyramidata (Draparnaud, 1805)
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Order:	Stylommatophora
Infraorder:	Helicoidei
Superfamily:	Helicoidea
Family:	Geomitridae
Genus:	Trochoidea Brown, 1827[1]
Type species
Helix elegans Gmelin, 1791
Synonyms
Helix (Ochthephila) Beck, 1837 (junior synonym) Helix (Turricula) Beck, 1837 (Invalid: junior homonym of...) Ochthephila H. Beck, 1837 Trochoidea (Trochoidea) T. Brown, 1827 · alternate representation Trochula Schlüter, 1838 Tropidocochlis Locard, 1893 Turricula H. Beck, 1837 · (Invalid: junior homonym of Turricula Schumacher, 1817 [Turridae]) Xeroclivia Monterosato, 1892 Xerocochlea Monterosato, 1892 Xeronexa Monterosato, 1892 · Xerophila (Trochula) Schlüter, 1838 · (superseded generic combination)

(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:^[4][5]

• Trochoidea caroni (Deshayes, 1830)
• Trochoidea cucullus (Martens, 1873)
• Trochoidea cumiae (Calcara, 1847)
• Trochoidea elata (A.E.J. Férussac, 1819) (synonym: Helix elata Férussac, 1819)
• Trochoidea elegans (Gmelin, 1791)
• Trochoidea liebetruti (Albers, 1852)
• Trochoidea pumilio (Dillwyn, 1817)
• Trochoidea pyramidata (Draparnaud, 1805)
• Trochoidea schembrii Pfeiffer, 1848
• Trochoidea spratti (Pfeiffer, 1846)
• Trochoidea tarentina (Pfeiffer, 1848)
• Trochoidea trochoides (Poiret, 1789)

The following species have been brought into synonymy:

• Trochoidea amanda (Rossmässler, 1838): synonym of Cernuella amanda E.A. Rossmässler, 1838
• Trochoidea betulonensis : synonym of Xerocrassa montserratensis ssp. betulonensis
• Trochoidea carinatoglobosa (Haas, 1934): synonym of Xerocrassa carinatoglobosa (F. Haas, 1934)
• Trochoidea claudinae : synonym of Xerocrassa claudinae
• Trochoidea davidiana (Bourguignat, 1863): synonym of Xerocrassa davidiana (Bourguignat, 1863) (superseded combination)
• Trochoidea conica J.P.R. Draparnaud, 1801: synonym of Trochoidea trochoides (Poiret, 1789)
• Trochoidea crenulata J. Germain, 1930: synonym of Trochoidea trochoides (Poiret, 1789)
• Trochoidea geyeri : synonym of Xerocrassa geyeri (Soós, 1926)
• Trochoidea gharlapsi : synonym of Xerocrassa gharlapsi
• Trochoidea infulata M. Paulucci, 1882: synonym of Trochoidea trochoides (Poiret, 1789)
• Trochoidea jimenensis : synonym of Xerocrassa jimenensis
• † Trochoidea miocaenica Gottschick & Wenz, 1927: synonym of † Miodiscula miocaenica (Gottschick & Wenz, 1927) (new combination)
• Trochoidea molinae : synonym of Xerocrassa molinae
• Trochoidea montserratensis : synonym of Xerocrassa montserratensis
• Trochoidea penchinati (Bourguignat, 1868): synonym of Xerocrassa penchinati (Bourguignat, 1868) (superseded combination)
• Trochoidea numidica Moquin-Tandon, 1847: synonym of Trochoidea pyramidata (Draparnaud, 1805)
• Trochoidea picardi Haas, 1933: synonym of Xerocrassa picardi Haas, 1933
• Trochoidea rhabdota (Sturany, 1901): synonym of Xerocrassa rhabdota (R. Sturany, 1901)
• Trochoidea pseudojacosta Forcart, 1976: synonym of Xerocrassa pseudojacosta (Forcart, 1976) (original combination)
• Trochoidea rugosa A. Aradas & G. Maggiore, 1839: synonym of Trochoidea trochoides (Poiret, 1789)
• Trochoidea rugosula R.A. Philippi, 1844: synonym of Trochoidea trochoides (Poiret, 1789)
• Trochoidea saintsimoni E. Caziot, 1903: synonym of Trochoidea trochoides (Poiret, 1789)
• Trochoidea seetzenii : synonym of Xerocrassa seetzeni
• Trochoidea scitula G.J. De Cristofori & G. Jan 1832: synonym of Trochoidea elegans (J.F. Gmelin, 1791)
• Trochoidea simulata(C.G. Ehrenberg, 1831): synonym of Xerocrassa simulata (C.G. Ehrenberg, 1831)
• Trochoidea solarium A. Risso, 1826: synonym of Trochoidea elegans (J.F. Gmelin, 1791)
• Trochoidea terrestris E. Donovan, 1801: synonym of Trochoidea elegans (J.F. Gmelin, 1791)
• Trochoidea trochillus J.L.M. Poiret, 1789: synonym of Trochoidea elegans (J.F. Gmelin, 1791)
• Trochoidea trochlea L. Pfeiffer, 1846: synonym of Trochoidea elegans (J.F. Gmelin, 1791)
• Trochoidea zaharensis : synonym of Xerocrassa zaharensis (Puente & Arrébola, 1996)

References

1. Brown T. 1827. Illustrations of conchology of Great Britain and Ireland drawn from nature. pp. 1–65, Pl. 1-52. Edinburgh. (Lizars).
2. MolluscaBase eds. (2022). MolluscaBase. Trochoidea T. Brown, 1827. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=426412 on 4 August 2022
3. Razkin, Oihana; Gómez-Moliner, Benjamín Juán; Prieto, Carlos Enrique; Martínez-Ortí, Alberto; Arrébola, José Ramón; Muñoz, Benito; Chueca, Luis Javier; Madeira, María José (February 2015). "Molecular phylogeny of the western Palaearctic Helicoidea (Gastropoda, Stylommatophora)". Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution. 83: 99–117. doi:10.1016/j.ympev.2014.11.014. ISSN 1055-7903. PMID 25485783.
4. "Taxon Details: Trochoidea T. Brown 1827 (subgenus Trochoidea)". Fauna Europaea. Archived from the original on 14 August 2014. Retrieved 14 August 2014.
5. Welter Schultes, F. "Species in genus Trochoidea". AnimalBase. SUB Göttingen. Retrieved 14 August 2014.

• Bouchet P., Rocroi J.P., Hausdorf B., Kaim A., Kano Y., Nützel A., Parkhaev P., Schrödl M. & Strong E.E. (2017). Revised classification, nomenclator and typification of gastropod and monoplacophoran families. Malacologia. 61(1–2): 1–526.

External links

• Evidence for survival of Pleistocene climatic changes in Northern refugia by the land snail Trochoidea geyeri (Soós 1926) (Helicellinae, Stylommatophora)
• Monterosato, T. A. di. (1892). Molluschi terrestri delle isole adiacenti alla Sicilia. Atti della Reale Accademia di Scienze, Lettere e Belle Arti di Palermo. 3rd Series, 2: 1–34
• Beck, H. (1837–1838). Index molluscorum praesentis aevi musei principis augustissimi Christiani Frederici. 124 pp. Hafniae