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
  • Wood, W. 1828. Index Testaceologicus; or A Catalogue of Shells, British and Foreign, arranged according to the Linnean system. London : Taylor Supplement, 1-59, pls 1-8.
  • Philippi, R.A. 1846. Diagnoses testaceorum quorundam novarum. Malakozoologische Blätter 1846: 97-106
  • Philippi, R.A. 1849. Centuria altera Testaceorum novorum. Zeitschrift für Malakozoologie 5: 99-112
  • Adams, A. 1853. Contributions towards a monograph of the Trochidae, a family of gastropodous Mollusca. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1851(19): 150-192
  • Philippi, R.A. 1855. Trochidae. pp. 249–328 in Küster, H.C. (ed). Systematisches Conchylien-Cabinet von Martini und Chemnitz. Nürnberg : Bauer & Raspe Vol. 2.
  • Tenison-Woods, J.E. 1879. On some new marine shells from Moreton Bay. Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales 4(1): 108-111
  • Hedley, C. 1901. Studies on Australian Mollusca. Part IV. Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales 26: 16-25
  • Allan, J.K. 1950. Australian Shells: with related animals living in the sea, in freshwater and on the land. Melbourne : Georgian House xix, 470 pp., 45 pls, 112 text figs.
  • Iredale, T. & McMichael, D.F. 1962. A reference list of the marine Mollusca of New South Wales. Memoirs of the Australian Museum 11: 1-109
  • Short, J.W. & Potter, D.G. 1987. Shells of Queensland and The Great Barrier Reef. Drummoyne, NSW : Golden press Pty Ltd 135 pp., 60 pl.
  • Hickman, C.S. & McLean, J.H. 1990. Systematic revision and suprageneric classification of trochacean gastropods. Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County. Science Series 35: i-vi, 1-169
  • Wilson B. (1993) Australian marine shells. Prosobranch gastropods. Vol. 1. Odyssey Publishing, Kallaroo, Western Australia, 408 pp
This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.