''Calthalotia fragum is the'' common name of the spotted strawberry top shell or the comtesse's top shell, is a
species
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of
sea snail
Sea snails are slow-moving marine (ocean), marine gastropod Mollusca, molluscs, usually with visible external shells, such as whelk or abalone. They share the Taxonomic classification, taxonomic class Gastropoda with slugs, which are distinguishe ...
, a
marine gastropod
Gastropods (), commonly known as slugs and snails, belong to a large Taxonomy (biology), taxonomic class of invertebrates within the phylum Mollusca called Gastropoda ().
This class comprises snails and slugs from saltwater, freshwater, and fro ...
mollusk
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in the
family
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Trochidae
The Trochidae, common name top-snails or top-shells, are a family of various sized sea snails, marine gastropod molluscs in the subclass Vetigastropoda. This family is commonly known as the top-snails because in many species the shell resembles ...
, the top snails.
[MolluscaBase (2019). MolluscaBase. Calthalotia fragum (Philippi, 1848). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1350270 on 2019-07-20]
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
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,
Queensland
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,
Victoria
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,
New South Wales
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and
Japan
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.
References
* Wood, W. 1828. ''Index Testaceologicus; or A Catalogue of Shells, British and Foreign, arranged according to the Linnean system.'' London : Taylor Supplement, 1-59, pls 1-8.
* Adams, A. 1853. ''Contributions towards a monograph of the Trochidae, a family of gastropodous Mollusca''. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1851(19): 150-192
* Philippi, R.A. 1855. ''Trochidae''. pp. 249–328 in Küster, H.C. (ed). Systematisches Conchylien-Cabinet von Martini und Chemnitz. Nürnberg : Bauer & Raspe Vol. 2.
* Hedley, C. 1901. ''Studies on Australian Mollusca. Part IV''. Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales 26: 16-25
* Allan, J.K. 1950. ''Australian Shells: with related animals living in the sea, in freshwater and on the land''. Melbourne : Georgian House xix, 470 pp., 45 pls, 112 text figs.
* Iredale, T. & McMichael, D.F. 1962. ''A reference list of the marine Mollusca of New South Wales''. Memoirs of the Australian Museum 11: 1-109
* Short, J.W. & Potter, D.G. 1987. ''Shells of Queensland and The Great Barrier Reef''. Drummoyne, NSW : Golden press Pty Ltd 135 pp., 60 pl.
* Hickman, C.S. & McLean, J.H. 1990. ''Systematic revision and suprageneric classification of trochacean gastropods''. Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County. Science Series 35: i-vi, 1-169
* Wilson B. (1993) ''Australian marine shells. Prosobranch gastropods. Vol. 1.'' Odyssey Publishing, Kallaroo, Western Australia, 408 pp
External links
Philippi, R.A. 1846. ''Diagnoses testaceorum quorundam novarum''. Malakozoologische Blätter 1846: 97-106Philippi, R.A. 1849. ''Centuria altera Testaceorum novorum''. Zeitschrift für Malakozoologie 5: 99-112Tenison-Woods, J.E. 1879. ''On some new marine shells from Moreton Bay''. Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales 4(1): 108-111Iredale, T. (1931). Australian molluscan notes. Nº I. Records of the Australian Museum. 18: 201-235 To World Register of Marine Species*
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fragum
Gastropods of Australia
Gastropods described in 1931