Botelloides chrysalidus

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

Subspecies
  • Botelloides chrysalidus chrysalidus (Chapman & Gabriel, 1914) (synonym: Rissoa (Onoba) chrysalidus Chapman & Gabriel, 1914)
  • Botelloides chrysalidus kendricki Ponder, 1985

Botelloides chrysalidus
Original drawing of a shell of Botelloides chrysalidus
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Vetigastropoda
Order: Trochida
Superfamily: Trochoidea
Family: Trochidae
Genus: Botelloides
Species:
B. chrysalidus
Binomial name
Botelloides chrysalidus
(Chapman & Gabriel, 1914)
Synonyms

Rissoa (Onoba) chrysalida Chapman & Gabriel, 1914

Description

The height of the shell attains 3.1 mm, its diameter 1.5 mm. The stoutly built and polished shell has a pupiform shape. The four whorls are depressed convex. The spiral and helicoid apex consists of 2½ turns. The shallow sutures are excavated. The circular aperture has a thick lip. There are faint colour bands parallel with and near to the sutures, as seen in some specimens. The surface shows, under a high magnification, fine growth lines.[2]

Distribution

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

References
  1. Rosenberg, G. (2012). Botelloides chrysalidus. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=594502 on 2012-11-23
  2. Chapman & Gabriel: Description of new and rare fossils obtained by deep boring in the Mallee part II; Proceedings of the Royal Society of Victoria v. 26, 1914
  • Chapman, F. & Gabriel, C.J. 1914. Descriptions of New and Rare fossils obtained by Deep Boring in the Mallee. ii. Mollusca. Proceedings of the Royal Society of Victoria XXVI: 301-330, 5 pl
  • Ponder, W.F. 1985. A revision of the genus Botelloides (Mollusca: Gastropoda: Trochacea). Department of Mines and Energy, South Australia, Special Publication 5: 301-327
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