Top Snails
Trochidae
The Trochidae, common name top-snails or top-shells, are a family of various sized sea snails, marine gastropod molluscs in the subclass Vetigastropoda. This family is commonly known as the top-snails because in many species the shell resembles a toy spinning top.
13 branches of this family, most-observed first
Cantharidinae
subfamilyCantharidinae
Monodontinae
subfamilyMonodontinae
Trochinae
subfamilyTrochinae
Umboniinae
subfamilyUmboniinae
Chrysostomatinae
subfamilyChrysostomatinae
Stomatellinae
subfamilyStomatellinae
Fossarininae
subfamilyFossarininae
Alcyninae
subfamilyAlcyninae
Halistylinae
subfamilyHalistylinae
Kaiparathininae
subfamilyKaiparathininae
Carinotrochinae
subfamilyCarinotrochinae
Enida
genusEnida
Callumbonella
genusCallumbonella
Where it lives
Recorded sightings
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geo-referenced records in GBIF, from museums, herbaria and field observers.
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In the old herbals & bestiaries
In the stacks
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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 53830.