Rochia elata
| Rochia elata | |
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| View of a shell of Rochia elata | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Vetigastropoda |
| Order: | Trochida |
| Family: | Tegulidae |
| Genus: | Rochia |
| Species: | R. elata |
| Binomial name | |
| Rochia elata (Lamarck, 1822) | |
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Rochia elata is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Tegulidae.[1][2]
Description
[edit]The size of the shell varies between 30 and 70 millimetres (1.2 and 2.8 in). It generally weighs 20–50 grams (0.71–1.76 oz), and in some rare cases nearly 100 grams (3.5 oz).
Distribution
[edit]This marine species occurs off the Philippines, though some cases have been reported in the Bikini Atoll.
References
[edit]- ↑ MolluscaBase eds. (2022). MolluscaBase. Rochia elata (Lamarck, 1822). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1554960 on 2022-08-20
- ↑ Poppe G.T. (2004) Descriptions of spectacular new species from the Philippines (Gastropoda - Trochidae, Cypraeidae). Visaya 1(1): 4-19. (July 2004)
External links
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Wikimedia Commons has media related to Rochia elata.
- World Register of Marine Species
- "Tectus (Rochia) conus elatus". Gastropods.com. Retrieved 16 January 2019.
- Lamarck, (J.-B. M.) de. (1822). Histoire naturelle des animaux sans vertèbres. Tome septième. Paris: published by the Author, 711 pp
- Alf, A. (2021). Was wissen wir über die Tegulidae?. Club Conchylia Mitteilungen. 38: 49-60