Calthalotia

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Calthalotia
Drawing of a shell of Calthalotia arruensis
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Clade: Vetigastropoda
Superfamily: Trochoidea
Family: Trochidae
Genus: Calthalotia
Iredale, 1929
Type species
Calliostoma arruense Watson, 1880

Calthalotia is an Australian genus of sea snails, marine gastropod molluscs in the family Trochidae, the top shells.[1]

Species

Species with names in current use within the genus Calthalotia include:[2]

Species brought into synonymy
  • Calthalotia fragum (Philippi, 1848):[3] synonym of Calthalotia comtessi (Iredale, 193)1
  • Calthalotia indistincta (Wood, 1828): synonym of Calthalotia comtessi (Iredale, 193)1 (C. indistincta has priority over C. comtessi, according to Jansen, P., 1993. The family Trochidae (Mollusca: Gastropoda) in the Sydney metropolitan area and adjacent coast. Australian Zoologist 29(1-2): 49-61)
  • Calthalotia marginata (Tenison-Woods, J.E., 1880):[4][5] synonym of Calthalotia arruensis (Watson, 1880)
  • Calthalotia nitidissima Ludbrook, N.H. 1941: synonym of Calthalotia arruensis (Watson, 1880)

References

  1. Bouchet, P. (2010). Calthalotia Iredale, 1929. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=512278 on 2010-10-31
  2. OBIS : Calthalotia; accessed : 31 October 2010
  3. "Calthalotia fragum (Philippi, 1848)" Retrieved 29 October 2013.
  4. NHMR: Calthalotia marginata
  5. Gastropods.com: Calthalotia marginata
  • Wilson, B., 1993. Australian Marine Shells. Prosobranch Gastropods Pt I. Odyssey Publishing, Leederville, W.A
  • Jansen, P., 1993. The family Trochidae (Mollusca: Gastropoda) in the Sydney metropolitan area and adjacent coast. Australian Zoologist 29(1-2): 49-61


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