Calthalotia comtessi

Calthalotia comtessi
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Clade: Vetigastropoda
Superfamily: Trochoidea
Family: Trochidae
Genus: Calthalotia
Species: C. comtessi
Binomial name
Calthalotia comtessi
(Iredale, 1931) [1]
Synonyms
  • Calthalotia fragum (Philippi, 1848)
  • Odontotrochus indistinctus Wood, 1828
  • Prothalotia comtessei Iredale, T., 1931
  • Thalotia comtessi Iredale, 1931
  • Thalotia marginatus Tenison-Woods, 1879
  • Thalotia zebrides A. Adams, 1853
  • Trochus decoratus Philippi, 1846
  • Trochus indistinctus Wood, 1828
  • Trochus pyrgos Philippi, 1855
  • Zizyphius fragum Philippi, 1848

Calthalotia comtessi, common name the spotted strawberry top shell or the comtesse's top shell, is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Trochidae, the top snails.[2]

Description

The size of an adult shell of this species varies between 8 mm and 25 mm.

Distribution

This marine species occurs off Southeast Australia, Queensland, Victoria, New South Wales and Japan.

References

  1. ↑ Iredale, T. 1931. Australian molluscan notes. No. 1. Records of the Australian Museum 18(4): 201-235, pls xxii-xxv
  2. ↑ Marshall, B. (2013). Calthalotia comtessi (Iredale, 1931). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=719241 on 2014-01-09
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