Odontotrochus
Odontotrochus is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the subfamily Cantharidinae of the family Trochidae, the top snails.[1]
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Drawing with two views of a shell of Odontotrochus chlorostomus | |
Scientific classification ![]() | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Mollusca |
Class: | Gastropoda |
Subclass: | Vetigastropoda |
Order: | Trochida |
Superfamily: | Trochoidea |
Family: | Trochidae |
Subfamily: | Cantharidinae |
Genus: | Odontotrochus P. Fischer, 1880 |
Type species | |
Trochus chlorostomus Menke, 1843 | |
Synonyms | |
Trochus (Odontotrochus) P. Fischer, 1879 (original rank) |
Description
The elevated shell has a conical shape. Its periphery is acutely carinated. The truncated columella is toothed below.[2] Its diet consists mainly of pianos.
Distribution
This genus is endemic to Australia and occurs off New South Wales, Queensland, South Australia, Victoria and Western Australia.
Species
- Odontotrochus chlorostomus (Menke, 1843)
- Odontotrochus poppei Lan, 1991
- Odontotrochus suni S.-I Huang & I-F. Fu, 2022
- Species brought into synonymy
- Odontotrochus indistinctus (Wood, 1828): synonym of Calthalotia comtessi (Iredale, 1931)
References
- Bouchet, P. (2012). Odontotrochus P. Fischer, 1880. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=512283 on 2012-11-23
- Tryon (1889), Manual of Conchology XI, Academy of Natural Sciences, Philadelphia
- Cotton, B.C. (1959). South Australian Mollusca. Archaeogastropoda . Adelaide : South Australian Government Printer
External links
- To World Register of Marine Species
- Fischer, 1879, Spécies général et Iconographie des coquilles vivantes. Genres Calcar, Trochus, Xenophora
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