Gastropoda - Trochoidea - Trochidae

Full reference: S. Kiel and K. Bandel. 2004. The Cenomanian Gastropoda of the Kassenberg quarry in Mülheim (Germany, Late Cretaceous). Palaeontologische Zeitschrift 78(1):103-126

Belongs to Trochus according to S. Kiel and K. Bandel 2004

Sister taxa: Trochus (Coelotrochus), Trochus (Praecia), Trochus (Thorista), Trochus (Trochus), Trochus adrianensis, Trochus ambalensis, Trochus anthracophilus, Trochus dentatus, Trochus deslongchampsi, Trochus ellipticus, Trochus erythraeus, Trochus fastigiatus, Trochus funiculosus, Trochus glandulus, Trochus gubleri, Trochus hanleyanus, Trochus imperitus, Trochus laevis, Trochus lissochilus, Trochus maculatus, Trochus poeppigii, Trochus radiatus, Trochus sandwichensis, Trochus sarthinus, Trochus stefaninii, Trochus stellatus, Trochus strigillatus, Trochus subglaber, Trochus tihensis, Trochus toulai, Trochus virgatus, Trochus woodwardi

Type specimen: Its type locality is Kassenberg Quarry, Mülheim/Ruhr, which is in a Cenomanian shallow subtidal limestone in Germany

Ecology: epifaunal grazer