Thalotia
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| Thalotia | |
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| Apertural view of a shell of Thalotia chlorostoma | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Clade: | Vetigastropoda |
| Superfamily: | Trochoidea |
| Family: | Trochidae |
| Genus: | Thalotia Gray, 1847 |
| Type species | |
| Thalotia pictus Wood, 1828 | |
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Thalotia is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Trochidae, the top snails.[1][2]
Description
The thick, solid shell is imperforate, elevated-conical, granulated or spirally ribbed. The periphery is rounded or obtusely angular. The small aperture is ovate. The outer lip is thick and crenulated within. The columella is toothed at the base and subtruncated. [3]
Species
Species within the genus Thalotia include:[1]
- Thalotia attenuata (Jonas, 1845)
- Thalotia beluchistana Melvill, J.C., 1897
- Thalotia chlorostoma (Menke, 1843)
- Thalotia conica (Gray, 1827)
- Thalotia elongatus Sowerby, G.B. I, 1818
- Thalotia khlimax Vilvens, 2012
- Thalotia maldivensis Smith, 1903
- Thalotia ocellata (A. Adams, 1861)
- Thalotia polysarchosa Vilvens, 2012
- Thalotia pulchra
- Thalotia rariguttata (Sowerby, G.B. III, 1916)
- Thalotia subangulata (Pease, 1861)
- Thalotia tiaraeides Vilvens, 2012
The following species were brought into synonymy:[1]
- Thalotia aspera Kuroda & Habe, 1952: synonym of Tosatrochus attenuatus (Jonas, 1844)
- Thalotia crenellifera Adams, 1853: synonym of [[Cantharidus crenelliferus]] (A. Adams, 1853)
- Thalotia dubia Tenison-Woods, J.E., 1878: synonym of Thalotia conica (Gray, 1827)
- Thalotia kotschyi (Philippi, 1849): synonym of Osilinus kotschyi (Philippi, 1849)
- Thalotia pictus Wood, 1828: synonym of Thalotia conica (Gray, 1827)
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 Bouchet, P. (2012). Thalotia Gray, 1847. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=225463 on 2012-11-23
- ↑ Vaught, K.C. (1989). A classification of the living Mollusca. American Malacologists: Melbourne, FL (USA). ISBN 0-915826-22-4. XII, 195 pp.
- ↑ Tryon (1889), Manual of Conchology XI, Academy of Natural Sciences, Philadelphia
- Harris, G.F. (1897). Catalogue of Tertiary Mollusca in the Department of Geology, British Museum (Natural History). Part I. The Australasian Tertiary Mollusca. London : British Museum of Natural History. 407 pp. 8 pls.
- Cotton, B.C. (1959). South Australian Mollusca. Archaeogastropoda . Adelaide : South Australian Government Printer.
External links
| External identifiers for Thalotia | |
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| ITIS | 331142 |
| NCBI | 529784 |
| WoRMS | 225463 |
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