This article is about a genus of air-breathing land snails. For the identically named superfamily of sea snails, see
Trochoidea (superfamily).
| Trochoidea |
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| Five views of a shell of Trochoidea pyramidata (Draparnaud, 1805) |
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| Scientific classification |
| Domain: |
Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: |
Animalia |
| Phylum: |
Mollusca |
| Class: |
Gastropoda |
| Order: |
Stylommatophora |
| Infraorder: |
Helicoidei |
| Superfamily: |
Helicoidea |
| Family: |
Geomitridae |
| Genus: |
Trochoidea
Brown, 1827 |
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| Type species |
Helix elegans Gmelin, 1791
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| 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- Xerophila (Trochula) Schlüter, 1838 · (superseded generic combination)
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Trochoidea is a genus of air-breathing land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the subfamily Helicellinae of the family Geomitridae.
The name means "those that are shaped like a top".