Common name of Trochus intextus
 
Common Name Woven topsnail
Language English
Type Vernacular
Official Trade Name No
Rank 3 - (Other common name)
Country Hawaii
Locality
Ref. Meadows, D.W. and A. Kane, 2006
Life Stage juveniles and adults
Sex females and males
Core morphology
1st Modifier morphology
2nd Modifier
Remarks 'snail', from Old High German 'snahhan', i.e., 'to creep'; 'top' here pertains to the pointed tip and round and wider base shape of species in this family.
 
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