Calthalotia

Calthalotia is an Australian genus of sea snails, marine gastropod molluscs in the family Trochidae, the top shells.[2]

Calthalotia
A shell of Calthalotia arruensis
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Clade: Vetigastropoda
Order: Trochida
Superfamily: Trochoidea
Family: Trochidae
Genus: Calthalotia
Iredale, 1929[1]
Type species
Calliostoma arruense Watson, 1880

Species

Species with names in current use within the genus Calthalotia include:[3]

Species brought into synonymy
  • Calthalotia comtessi (Iredale, 1931): synonym of Calthalotia fragum (Philippi, 1848)
  • Calthalotia indistincta (Wood, 1828): synonym of Calthalotia comtessi (Iredale, 193)1 - C. indistincta has priority over C. comtessi, according to Jansen (1993).[4]
  • Calthalotia marginata (Tenison-Woods, J.E., 1880):[5][6] 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
  1. Iredale T. (1929). Mem. Queensland Mus. 9: 271.
  2. 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
  3. OBIS : Calthalotia; accessed : 31 October 2010
  4. Jansen, P., 1993. The family Trochidae (Mollusca: Gastropoda) in the Sydney metropolitan area and adjacent coast. Australian Zoologist 29(1-2): 49-61.
  5. NHMR: Calthalotia marginata
  6. "Gastropods.com: Calthalotia marginata". Archived from the original on 2014-01-08. Retrieved 2014-01-08.
  • Wilson, B., 1993. Australian Marine Shells. Prosobranch Gastropods Pt I. Odyssey Publishing, Leederville, W.A


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