Coelotrochus

Coelotrochus
Shell of Coelotrochus tiaratus (lectotype at MNHN, Paris)
Scientific classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Vetigastropoda
Order: Trochida
Superfamily: Trochoidea
Family: Trochidae
Genus: Coelotrochus
Fischer, 1880
Type species
Coelotrochus tiaratus
Quoy, H.E.T. & J.P. Gaimard, 1834
Synonyms
  • Anthora Gray, 1857
  • Chlorostoma (Neozelandia) Cossmann, 1918
  • Thorista Iredale, 1915
  • Thoristella Iredale, 1915
  • Trochus (Anthora) Gray, 1857
  • Trochus (Coelotrochus) P. Fischer, 1879
  • Trochus (Thorista) Iredale, 1915

Coelotrochus is a genus of small sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Trochidae, the top snails.

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