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Trochus radiatus, common name the radiate top shell, is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Trochidae, the top snails. [ 1 ] Description
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 .
Clanculus puniceus, common names the strawberry top shell or purplish clanculus, is a species of small sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Trochidae, the top shells. [ 1 ] Shell description
Conus textile, the textile cone or the cloth of gold cone [3] is a venomous species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Conidae, the cone snails, cone shells or cones. Textile cone snails live mostly in the Indian Ocean, along the eastern coast of Africa and around Australia.
These snails, like most terrestrial gastropods, are hermaphrodite. The reproductive season last from May to October. Usually they lay 20-50 eggs in rotting wood or below decaying leaves. Eggs are white and flattened, measure about 1 mm and hatch after 10–30 days.
Printable version; In other projects ... Halistylus is a genus of very small sea snails, ... the top snails. [1] Description
Lunella smaragda, common name the cat's eye snail, is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Turbinidae, the turban snails. [ 1 ] There has been little published on this species.
Trochulus striolatus, previously known as Trichia striolata, common name the "strawberry snail," is a species of tiny, air-breathing land snail, a terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusk in the family Hygromiidae. This species of snail uses love darts before mating.