
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.
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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.
== Taxonomy == The family Trochidae consists of the following subfamilies: Alcyninae Williams, Donald, Spencer & Nakano, 2010 Cantharidinae Gray, 1857 Carinotrochinae S.-Q. Zhang, J. Zhang & S.-P. Zhang, 2020 Chrysostomatinae Williams, Donald, Spencer & Nakano, 2010 Fossarininae Bandel, 2009 Halistylinae Keen, 1958 Kaiparathininae B. A. Marshall, 1993 Monodontinae Gray, 1857 Stomatellinae Gray, 1840 Trochinae Rafinesque, 1815 Umboniinae H. Adams & A. Adams, 1854 (1840)
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