Trochus maculatus

Trochus maculatus
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Vetigastropoda
Order: Trochida
Superfamily: Trochoidea
Family: Trochidae
Genus: Trochus
Species:
T. maculatus
Binomial name
Trochus maculatus
Linnaeus, 1758
Synonyms
  • Polydonta gibberula A. Adams, 1853
  • Tectus maculatus (Linnaeus, 1758)
  • Trochus (Lamprostoma) maculatus Linnaeus, 1758
  • Trochus callicoccus Philippi, 1849
  • Trochus gmelini Jonas, 1846
  • Trochus jonasi Philippi
  • Trochus rugulosus Koch, 1848
  • Trochus smaragdus Reeve, 1862
  • Trochus vernus Gmelin, J.F., 1791
  • Trochus verrucosus Gmelin, 1791

Trochus maculatus, common name the maculated top shell, is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Trochidae, the top snails.[1]