Prothalotia lehmanni

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Prothalotia lehmanni
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Drawing of a shell of Prothalotia lehmanni
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Vetigastropoda
Order: Trochida
Superfamily: Trochoidea
Family: Trochidae
Genus: Prothalotia
Species:
P. lehmanni
Binomial name
Prothalotia lehmanni
(Menke, 1843) [1]
Synonyms
  • Cantharidus lehmanni(Menke, 1843)
  • Notogibbula sulcosaA. Adams, 1851
  • Phasianella elegansLamarck, J.B. 1822
  • Trochus lehmanniMenke, 1843 (original combination)
  • Trochus nitensKiener, L.C. 1859

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. [2] [3]

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Description

The size of the shell varies between 10 mm and 17 mm.

Distribution

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

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References

  1. ↑ Menke, C.T. 1843. Molluscorum Novae Hollandiae Specimen in Libraria Aulica Hahniana. Hannover : Hahniana 46 pp.
  2. ↑ 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
  3. ↑ Hickman C.S. (2005) Seagrass fauna of the temperate southern coast of Australia I: The cantharidine trochid gastropods. In: F.E. Wells, D.I. Walker & G.A. Kendrick (eds), The marine flora and fauna of Esperance, Western Australia: 199-220. Western Australian Museum, Perth.
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