Calthalotia comtessi

Calthalotia comtessi
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Clade: Vetigastropoda
Superfamily: Trochoidea (superfamily)
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

External links

External identifiers for Calthalotia comtessi
WoRMS 719241