Calthalotia baudini

Calthalotia baudini
Drawing of a shell of Calthalotia baudini
Scientific classification
Kingdom:Animalia
Phylum:Mollusca
Class:Gastropoda
Clade:Vetigastropoda
Superfamily:Trochoidea
Family:Trochidae
Genus:Calthalotia
Species: C. baudini
Binomial name
Calthalotia baudini
(P. Fischer, 1878) [1]
Synonyms
  • Cantharidus baudini (Fischer, 1878)
  • Prothalotia baudini (P. Fischer, 1878)
  • Trochus baudini Fischer, 1878 (original description)

Calthalotia baudini is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Trochidae, the top snails.[2]

Description

The size of the shell attains 15 mm. The rather thick, imperforate shell has a conic-elongate shape. The 6 to 7 whorls are planulate, the first buff, eroded, the following whitish, ornamented with sparse rosy points and angular chestnut streaks . The shell is spirally lirate, with about 8 lirae on the penultimate whorl. The subangular body whorl is depressed above. The base of the shell is convex, with about 8 concentric lirae. Tnere is no umbilical perforation. The aperture is rhomboidal. The lip is simple. The short columella is subnodose-truncate below.[3]

Distribution

This marine species is endemic to Australia and occurs off Western Australia and King Island, South Australia.

References

  1. ↑ Fischer, Journ. de Conchyl. 1878, p. 65
  2. ↑ Marshall, B. (2013). Calthalotia baudini (P. Fischer, 1878). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=719240 on 2014-01-08
  3. ↑ Tryon (1889), Manual of Conchology XI, Academy of Natural Sciences, Philadelphia (described as Cantharidus baudini)
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