Rochia nilotica, common name the commercial top shell, is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Tegulidae. [1]

Trochus niloticus Linnaeus, 1767. Accessed at: https://www.molluscabase.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=216345 on 2025-01-25. original …

T. niloticus live for between 15- 20 years, and become sexually mature after two years, when they are approximately 6cm long across the base (Chambers, 2007). They continue growing as …

original description (of Trochus niloticus Linnaeus, 1767) Linnaeus, C. (1767). Systema naturae per regna tria naturae: secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, …

Economically, the coral reef snail Trochus niloticus (Fig. 1) is the most important gastropod mollusk in the tropical Indo-West Pacific (Heslinga and Hillmann, 1981; Heslinga, 1981a).

The Trochus niloticus is the largest species in the family of sea snails Trochidae (FAO, 1999). They are a gastropod with a large, conical shell and are found up to depths of 10m of the Indo- …

Two orange cephalic tentacles protrude either side of the head (Ruppert, Fox and Barnes, 2004). These are clearly visible in the photo, and contain tactile and chemo-receptor cells used for …

2019年11月21日 · This datasheet on Trochus niloticus covers Identity, Overview, Associated Diseases, Pests or Pathogens, Distribution, Dispersal, Biology & Ecology, Environmental …

The main species of interest in the Pacifi c Islands is Tectus niloticus (ex Trochus niloticus), a large species (up to 150 mm across the shell base) which has an off -white shell with oblique …

Linné, from the locality of Ponta dos Matos. The current valid name for this species is Rochia nilotica (Linnaeus, 1767), which has an Indo-Pacific distribution, and therefore it is unlikely that …