Rochia nilotica

Rochia nilotica
Five views of a shell of Rochia nilotica
Scientific classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Vetigastropoda
Order: Trochida
Superfamily: Trochoidea
Family: Tegulidae
Genus: Rochia
Species:
R. nilotica
Binomial name
Rochia nilotica
(Linnaeus, 1767)
Synonyms
  • Rochia niloticus (Linnaeus, 1767)
  • Tectus niloticus (Linnaeus, 1767)
  • Trochus flammeus Röding, 1798
  • Trochus niloticus Linnaeus, 1767 (original combination)
  • Trochus zebra Perry, G., 1811 (non W. Wood, 1828)

Rochia nilotica, common name the commercial top shell, is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Tegulidae.

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