Calthalotia
| Calthalotia | |
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| Drawing of a shell of Calthalotia arruensis | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Clade: | Vetigastropoda |
| Superfamily: | Trochoidea (superfamily) |
| 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]
- Calthalotia arruensis (Watson, 1880)
- Calthalotia baudini (Fischer, 1878)
- Calthalotia comtessi (Iredale, 1931)
- Calthalotia modesta (Thiele, 1930)
- Calthalotia mundula (Adams & Angas, 1864)
- Calthalotia strigata (Adams, 1853)
- Species brought into synonymy
- Calthalotia fragum (Philippi, 1848):[3] synonym of Calthalotia comtessi (Iredale, 1931)
- 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)
- Calthalotia porteri Iredale, 1940: synonym of Prothalotia porteri (Iredale, 1940)
References
- ↑ 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
- ↑ OBIS : Calthalotia; accessed : 31 October 2010
- ↑ "Calthalotia fragum (Philippi, 1848)" Retrieved 29 October 2013.
- ↑ NHMR: Calthalotia marginata
- ↑ 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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