Rochia

Rochia
Shell of Rochia nilotica (specimen at MNHN, Paris)
Scientific classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Vetigastropoda
Order: Trochida
Superfamily: Trochoidea
Family: Tegulidae
Genus: Rochia
Gray, 1857
Type species
Trochus acutangulus Anton, 1838
Synonyms
  • Cardinalia Gray, 1842
  • Tectus (Cardinalia) Gray, 1842
  • Tectus (Rochia) Gray, 1857
  • Trochus (Cardinalia) Gray, 1842

Rochia is a genus of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Tegulidae.

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