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Topshell vs Trochus - What's the difference?

topshell | trochus | Hyponyms |

Topshell is a hyponym of trochus.


As nouns the difference between topshell and trochus

is that topshell is a shell shaped like a toy top, found for example in the family trochidae of marine gastropod mollusks or "top snails" while trochus is (zoology) any of numerous species of marine univalve shells belonging to ''.

topshell

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • A shell shaped like a toy top, found for example in the family Trochidae of marine gastropod mollusks or "top snails".

    • trochus

    English

    (wikipedia trochus) (Trochidae)

    Noun

    (trochi)
  • (zoology) Any of numerous species of marine univalve shells belonging to ''.

    • Hyponyms

    * topshell (Webster 1913) ----