Calliotrochus

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Calliotrochus
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Drawing with three views of a shell of Calliotrochus marmoreus
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Vetigastropoda
Order: Trochida
Superfamily: Trochoidea
Family: Trochidae
Subfamily: Stomatellinae
Genus: Calliotrochus
P. Fischer, 1879
Type species
Turbo phasianellus
Deshayes, G.P., 1863
Synonyms [1]
  • Gibbula (Calliotrochus)Fischer, 1880
  • TrochinellaIredale, 1937

Calliotrochus is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the subfamily Stomatellinae of the family Trochidae, the top snails. [1]

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Description

This genus consists of thin, small, shining globose species with a turbinate shape. It has rounded, smooth or spirally striate, convex whorls. The aperture is rounded. The outer lip and columella are simple, thin and arcuate. The umbilicus is narrow. [2]

Species

Species within the genus Calliotrochus include: [1]


The following species were brought into synonymy: [1]

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