Coelotrochus
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| Drawing with an umbilical view of a shell of Coelotrochus tiaratus | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Clade: | Vetigastropoda |
| Superfamily: | Trochoidea |
| Family: | Trochidae |
| Genus: |
Coelotrochus Fischer, 1880 [1] |
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Coelotrochus tiaratus Quoy, H.E.T. & J.P. Gaimard, 1834 |
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Coelotrochus is a genus of small sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Trochidae, the top snails.
The false umbilicus is very deep and narrow, penetrating deeper than the columella, which is inserted upon its edge, not in the centre of the axis.
This marine genus is endemic to New Zealand.
Species within the genus Coelotrochus include:
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