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Prothalotia
''Prothalotia'' is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the subfamily Cantharidinae of the family Trochidae, the top snails. Distribution The species in this genus occurs off Japan and Australia. Species Species within the genus ''Prothalotia'' include: * '' Prothalotia chlorites'' (Philippi, 1846) * '' Prothalotia flindersi'' (Fischer, 1878) * '' Prothalotia lehmanni'' (Menke, 1843) * '' Prothalotia lesueuri'' Fischer, 1880 * ''Prothalotia porteri'' (Iredale, 1940) * '' Prothalotia pulcherrima'' (W. Wood, 1828) * ''Prothalotia ramburi'' (Crosse, 1864) * ''Prothalotia suturalis'' (Adams, 1853) The Indo-Pacific Molluscan Database also includes the following species with names in current use : * ''Prothalotia pyrgos'' Philippi, 1849 * ''Prothalotia serpentina'' (Quoy in Kiener, 1859) ;Species brought into synonymy: * ''Prothalotia baudini'' (Fischer, 1878): synonym of ''Calthalotia baudini'' (P. Fischer, 1878) * ''Prothalotia boninensis'' Okutani, 2001: synonym of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Prothalotia
''Prothalotia'' is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the subfamily Cantharidinae of the family Trochidae, the top snails. Distribution The species in this genus occurs off Japan and Australia. Species Species within the genus ''Prothalotia'' include: * '' Prothalotia chlorites'' (Philippi, 1846) * '' Prothalotia flindersi'' (Fischer, 1878) * '' Prothalotia lehmanni'' (Menke, 1843) * '' Prothalotia lesueuri'' Fischer, 1880 * ''Prothalotia porteri'' (Iredale, 1940) * '' Prothalotia pulcherrima'' (W. Wood, 1828) * ''Prothalotia ramburi'' (Crosse, 1864) * ''Prothalotia suturalis'' (Adams, 1853) The Indo-Pacific Molluscan Database also includes the following species with names in current use : * ''Prothalotia pyrgos'' Philippi, 1849 * ''Prothalotia serpentina'' (Quoy in Kiener, 1859) ;Species brought into synonymy: * ''Prothalotia baudini'' (Fischer, 1878): synonym of ''Calthalotia baudini'' (P. Fischer, 1878) * ''Prothalotia boninensis'' Okutani, 2001: synonym of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Prothalotia Serpentina
''Prothalotia'' is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the subfamily Cantharidinae of the family Trochidae, the top snails. Distribution The species in this genus occurs off Japan and Australia. Species Species within the genus ''Prothalotia'' include: * '' Prothalotia chlorites'' (Philippi, 1846) * '' Prothalotia flindersi'' (Fischer, 1878) * '' Prothalotia lehmanni'' (Menke, 1843) * '' Prothalotia lesueuri'' Fischer, 1880 * ''Prothalotia porteri'' (Iredale, 1940) * '' Prothalotia pulcherrima'' (W. Wood, 1828) * '' Prothalotia ramburi'' (Crosse, 1864) * '' Prothalotia suturalis'' (Adams, 1853) The Indo-Pacific Molluscan Database also includes the following species with names in current use : * '' Prothalotia pyrgos'' Philippi, 1849 * '' Prothalotia serpentina'' (Quoy in Kiener, 1859) ;Species brought into synonymy: * ''Prothalotia baudini'' (Fischer, 1878): synonym of ''Calthalotia baudini'' (P. Fischer, 1878) * ''Prothalotia boninensis'' Okutani, 2001: s ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Prothalotia Pyrgos
''Prothalotia'' is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the subfamily Cantharidinae of the family Trochidae, the top snails. Distribution The species in this genus occurs off Japan and Australia. Species Species within the genus ''Prothalotia'' include: * '' Prothalotia chlorites'' (Philippi, 1846) * '' Prothalotia flindersi'' (Fischer, 1878) * '' Prothalotia lehmanni'' (Menke, 1843) * '' Prothalotia lesueuri'' Fischer, 1880 * ''Prothalotia porteri'' (Iredale, 1940) * '' Prothalotia pulcherrima'' (W. Wood, 1828) * '' Prothalotia ramburi'' (Crosse, 1864) * '' Prothalotia suturalis'' (Adams, 1853) The Indo-Pacific Molluscan Database also includes the following species with names in current use : * '' Prothalotia pyrgos'' Philippi, 1849 * ''Prothalotia serpentina'' (Quoy in Kiener, 1859) ;Species brought into synonymy: * ''Prothalotia baudini'' (Fischer, 1878): synonym of ''Calthalotia baudini'' (P. Fischer, 1878) * ''Prothalotia boninensis'' Okutani, 2001: sy ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Prothalotia Lehmanni
''Prothalotia lehmanni'', common name Lehmann's top shell, is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Trochidae, the top snails.Bouchet, P. (2012). ''Prothalotia lehmanni'' (Menke, 1843). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=573217 on 2012-11-23 Description The Prothalotia lehmanni shares the corneous operculum shell specific to the Trochidae family, and has the common nacreous interior. On the small side, Lehmann's top snail ranges from 10mm to 17mm in size.Britannica, T. Editors of Encyclopedia (2010). ''top shell. Encyclopedia Britannica.'' https://www.britannica.com/animal/top-shell Retrieved 8 September 2022 Distribution This marine species is endemic to Australia and occurs off South Australia and Western Australia Western Australia (commonly abbreviated as WA) is a state of Australia occupying the western percent of the land area of Australia excluding external territori ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Prothalotia Ramburi
''Prothalotia ramburi'', common name Rambur's jewel top shell, is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Trochidae, the top snails.Bouchet, P. (2012). ''Prothalotia ramburi'' (Crosse, 1864). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=573220 on 2012-11-23 Description The size of the shell varies between 7 mm and 20 mm. The solid, imperforate shell has a pointed conical shape. It is crimson with narrow radiating whitish flames on the upper surface, usually extending to the periphery, and an umbilical tract of red and white tessellated. This shell has typically a coral-red or crimson color, flammulated above with whitish. Fully adult examples often show the light flames only upon the upper whorls. The spire is lengthened. The apex is subacute. The sutures are subimpressed. The about 7 whorls are concave below the sutures, convex and swollen at the periphery and on the lower edge ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Prothalotia Chlorites
''Prothalotia chlorites'' is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Trochidae, the top snails.Marshall, B. (2013). Prothalotia chlorites (Philippi, 1846). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=720363 on 2014-02-18 Description The height of the shell attains 7 mm, its diameter 6 mm. The imperforate shell has an obliquely pyramidal shape. Its color is yellowish-green without spots. The whorls are entirely flat and are transversely sulcate-striate, marginate. Each whorl has 5 elevated transverse lines. The angle of the body whorl is rounded. The base of the shell is slightly convex and contains numerous transverse lines, mostly punctate. The suture is profound. The aperture is subquadrangular. The lip is smooth within. The columella is pretty vertical. [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Prothalotia Suturalis
''Prothalotia suturalis'' is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Trochidae, the top snails.Marshall, B. (2013). Prothalotia suturalis (A. Adams, 1853). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=720365 on 2014-02-20 Description The height of the shell attains 8 mm, its diameter also 8 mm. The small, solid, imperforate shell has a pyramidal shape. The apex is eroded, but the whorls apparently number six. They are flattened, slightly gradate, the body whorl descending a little at the aperture. The colour is pale yellow, tessellated with small, longitudinal undulating purple spots. The sculpture: low, flat-topped spiral ribs equal to the intervening spaces, on the body whorl twelve, of which half are basal. The aperture is subquadrate. The columella is short and terminates below in a blunt tubercle. The sutures are impressed. The base of the shell is flat. The inner lip is tu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Prothalotia Flindersi
''Prothalotia flindersi'', common name the Flinders top shell, is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Trochidae, the top snails.Bouchet, P. (2012). ''Prothalotia flindersi'' (P. Fischer, 1878). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=573218 on 2012-11-23 Description The height of the shell attains 16 mm, its diameter 13 mm. The rather thick, very narrowly perforate shell has a conical shape. It contains 7 to 8 planulate whorls. The first one is eroded, the succeeding are whitish-ashen, radiated with narrow, close and flexuose blackish and violaceous lines. They are spirally cingulate, with 6 lirae on penultimate whorl. The body whorl is subangular, a little depressed above, dilated in the middle. The base of the shell is convex and ornamented with about 8 lirae. The aperture is rhomboidal. The lip is simple. The truncate columella is truncate below. [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cantharidus Pulcherrimus
''Prothalotia pulcherrima'', common name the beautiful jewel top shell, is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Trochidae, the top snails.MolluscaBase eds. (2020). MolluscaBase. Prothalotia pulcherrima (W. Wood, 1828). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: http://marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=876701 on 2020-07-26 Description The length of the shell varies between 12 mm and 20 mm. The elongated, thick and solid shell is imperforate and has an acutely conical shape. The spire is straightly conical. The apex is subacute. The sutures are linear. The about 6 whorls are nearly flat. The penultimate has four or five broad flat spiral ribs, often unequal in width, separated by narrow impressed grooves. The subangular body whorl has four or five broad fiat low ribs above the periphery and more numerous narrower ones on the base. The ribs are usually purplish-crimson articulated with narrow white marks. The small aper ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Prothalotia Pulcherrima
''Prothalotia pulcherrima'', common name the beautiful jewel top shell, is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Trochidae, the top snails.MolluscaBase eds. (2020). MolluscaBase. Prothalotia pulcherrima (W. Wood, 1828). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: http://marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=876701 on 2020-07-26 Description The length of the shell varies between 12 mm and 20 mm. The elongated, thick and solid shell is imperforate and has an acutely conical shape. The spire is straightly conical. The apex is subacute. The sutures are linear. The about 6 whorls are nearly flat. The penultimate has four or five broad flat spiral ribs, often unequal in width, separated by narrow impressed grooves. The subangular body whorl has four or five broad fiat low ribs above the periphery and more numerous narrower ones on the base. The ribs are usually purplish-crimson articulated with narrow white marks. The small apertur ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Prothalotia Lesueuri
''Prothalotia lesueuri'', common name Lesueur's top shell, is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Trochidae, the top snails.Bouchet, P. (2012). ''Prothalotia lesueuri'' (P. Fischer, 1880). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=573219 on 2012-11-23 Description The height of the shell varies between 13 mm and 19 mm, its diameter between 10 mm and 11 mm. The somewhat solid, imperforate shell has an elongated conical shape. It is whitish or a little tinged with olive, painted with numerous rather narrow longitudinal olive-brown or reddish-brown stripes generally broken into tessellations on the base. The spire is long. The whitish apex is subacute. The sutures are moderately impressed. The about 7 whorls are flat or concave below the sutures, convex and swollen at the periphery and above each suture. They are encircled by numerous fine lirae. The body whorl is a t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Prothalotia Porteri
''Prothalotia porteri'' is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Trochidae, the top snails.Marshall, B. (2013). Prothalotia porteri (Iredale, 1940). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=720364 on 2014-02-20 Description Distribution This marine species is endemic to Australia and occurs off Lord Howe Island Lord Howe Island (; formerly Lord Howe's Island) is an irregularly crescent-shaped volcanic remnant in the Tasman Sea between Australia and New Zealand, part of the Australian state of New South Wales. It lies directly east of mainland P .... References * Iredale, T. 1940. ''Marine molluscs from Lord Howe Island, Norfolk Island, Australia, and New Caledonia''. The Australian Zoologist 9(4): 429–443, pl. 32–34 porteri Gastropods of Australia Gastropods described in 1940 {{Trochidae-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |