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Trochacea 
Taxonomic Serial No.: 331125

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 Taxonomy and Nomenclature
       
  Kingdom: Animalia  
  Taxonomic Rank: Superfamily  
  Common Name(s):    
  Valid Name: Trochoidea Rafinesque, 1815
 
       
  Taxonomic Status:    
  Current Standing: invalid - other, see comments   
       
  Data Quality Indicators:    
  Record Credibility Rating: verified - standards met  
  Global Species Completeness: unknown   
  Latest Record Review: 1999   
       

 References
       
  Expert(s):    
  Expert: Paul V. Scott   
  Notes: Senior Associate Curator, Department of Invertebrate Zoology, Santa Barbara Museum of Natural History, USA   
  Reference for: Trochacea    
       
  Other Source(s):    
  Source: NODC Taxonomic Code, database (version 8.0)  
  Acquired: 1996   
  Notes:    
  Reference for: Trochacea   
       
  Publication(s):    
  Author(s)/Editor(s): Abbott, Robert Tucker   
  Publication Date: 1974   
  Article/Chapter Title:    
  Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.: American Seashells: The Marine Mollusca of the Atlantic and Pacific Coasts of North America. 2nd ed.   
  Page(s): 663   
  Publisher: Van Nostrand Reinhold Company   
  Publication Place: New York, New York, USA   
  ISBN/ISSN: 0-442-20228-8   
  Notes:    
  Reference for: Trochacea   
       

 Geographic Information
       
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 Comments
       
  Comment: Trochacea is a historical grouping that has sometimes been used for a superfamily containing Trochidae. The suffix is inappropriate for a superfamily, which must end -oidea  
 

 

    


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