Rochia elata

Rochia elata is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Tegulidae.[1][2]

Rochia elata
View of a shell of Rochia elata
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Vetigastropoda
Order: Trochida
Superfamily: Trochoidea
Family: Tegulidae
Genus: Rochia
Species:
R. elata
Binomial name
Rochia elata
(Lamarck, 1822)
Synonyms
  • Tectus (Rochia) conus elatus Lamarck, J.B.P.A. de, 1822
  • Tectus elatus (Lamarck, 1822)
  • Trochus elatus Lamarck, 1822 (original combination)

Description

The size of the shell varies between 30 mm and 70 mm. It generally weighs 20-50 grams, and in some rare cases nearly 100 grams.

Distribution

This marine species occurs off the Philippines, though some cases have been reported in the Bikini Atoll.

References
  1. 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
  2. Poppe G.T. (2004) Descriptions of spectacular new species from the Philippines (Gastropoda - Trochidae, Cypraeidae). Visaya 1(1): 4-19. (July 2004)
  • To 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
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