This article is about a genus of air-breathing land snails. For the identically named superfamily of sea snails, see
Trochoidea (superfamily).
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| Five views of a shell of Trochoidea pyramidata (Draparnaud, 1805)
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| Scientific classification
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| Kingdom:
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Animalia
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| Phylum:
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Mollusca
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| Class:
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Gastropoda
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| Order:
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Stylommatophora
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| Infraorder:
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Helicoidei
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| Superfamily:
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Helicoidea
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| Family:
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Geomitridae
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| Genus:
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Trochoidea
Brown, 1827
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| Type species
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Helix elegans Gmelin, 1791
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| Synonyms
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- Helix (Ochthephila) Beck, 1837 (junior synonym)
- Helix (Turricula) Beck, 1837 (Invalid: junior homonym of...)
- Ochthephila H. Beck, 1837
- Trochoidea (Trochoidea) T. Brown, 1827 · alternate representation
- Trochula Schlüter, 1838
- Tropidocochlis Locard, 1893
- Turricula H. Beck, 1837 · (Invalid: junior homonym of Turricula Schumacher, 1817 [Turridae])
- Xeroclivia Monterosato, 1892
- Xerocochlea Monterosato, 1892
- Xeronexa Monterosato, 1892 ·
- Xerophila (Trochula) Schlüter, 1838 · (superseded generic combination)
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Trochoidea is a genus of air-breathing land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the subfamily Helicellinae of the family Geomitridae.
The name means "those that are shaped like a top".