Calthalotia modesta

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Calthalotia modesta
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Clade: Vetigastropoda
Superfamily: Trochoidea
Family: Trochidae
Genus: Calthalotia
Species: C. modesta
Binomial name
Calthalotia modesta
Synonyms

Calliostoma modestum Thiele, J. 1930

Calthalotia modesta is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Trochidae, the top snails.[1]

Description

Distribution

This marine species is endemic to Australia and occurs off Western Australia.

References

  1. Marshall, B. (2013). Calthalotia modesta (Thiele, 1930). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=720351 on 2014-01-09
  • Thiele, J. 1930. Gastropoda und Bivalvia. pp. 561-596 in Michaelsen, W. & Hartmayer, R. (eds). Die Fauna Südwest-Australiens. Jena : Gustav Fischer Vol. 5.
  • Ponder, W.F. 1978. The unfigured Mollusca of J. Thiele. 1930 published in Die Fauna Sudwest-Australiens. Records of the Western Australian Museum 6(4): 423-441
  • Wilson B. (1993) Australian marine shells. Prosobranch gastropods. Vol. 1. Odyssey Publishing, Kallaroo, Western Australia, 408 pp

External links

External identifiers for Calthalotia modesta
WoRMS 720351


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