| Thalotia | |
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| Apertural view of a shell of Thalotia chlorostoma | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Vetigastropoda |
| Order: | Trochida |
| Superfamily: | Trochoidea |
| Family: | Trochidae |
| Genus: | Thalotia Gray, 1847 |
| Type species | |
| Trochus pictus Wood, 1828 | |
| Synonyms [1] | |
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Thalotia is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Trochidae, the top snails. [1] [2]
The thick, solid shell is imperforate, elevated-conical, granulated or spirally ribbed. The periphery is rounded or obtusely angular. The small aperture is ovate. The outer lip is thick and crenulated within. The columella is toothed at the base and subtruncated. [3]
Species within the genus Thalotia include: [1]
Calliostoma is a genus of small to medium-sized sea snails with gills and an operculum, marine gastropod molluscs within the family Calliostomatidae, the Calliostoma top snails. Previously this genus was placed within the family Trochidae. Calliostoma is the type genus of the family Calliostomatidae.
Trochus is a genus of medium-sized to large, top-shaped sea snails with an operculum and a pearly inside to their shells, marine gastropod molluscs in the family Trochidae, the top snails.
Gibbula is a genus of small sea snails, marine gastropod molluscs in the subfamily Cantharidinae of the family Trochidae, the top snails.
Littoraria is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Littorinidae, the winkles or periwinkles.
Herpetopoma is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod molluscs of the family Chilodontaidae.
Clanculus is a genus of sea snail, marine gastropod molluscs of the family Trochidae, the top shells.
Cantharidus, common name the kelp shells, is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod molluscs of the family Trochidae, the top shells.
Cantharidella is a genus of small sea snails, marine gastropod molluscs in the subfamily Trochinae of the family Trochidae, the top snails.
Micrelenchus is a genus of small sea snails that have shells with pearly interiors and an operculum. They are marine gastropod molluscs in the subfamily Cantharidinae of the family Trochidae, the top snails or top shells.
Minolia is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Solariellidae.
Monodonta is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Trochidae, the top snails.
Prothalotia is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the subfamily Cantharidinae of the family Trochidae, the top snails.
Diala is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Dialidae.
Rissoina is a large genus of minute sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks or micromollusks, in the family Rissoinidae.
Calthalotia is an Australian genus of sea snails, marine gastropod molluscs in the family Trochidae, the top shells.
The Cantharidinae are a taxonomic subfamily of very small to large sea snails, marine gastropod molluscs in the family Trochidae, common name top snails.
Thalotia conica, common name the conical top shell, is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Trochidae, the top snails.
Ziziphinus is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Calliostomatidae within the superfamily Trochoidea, the top snails, turban snails and their allies.
Calthalotia strigata is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Trochidae, the top snails.
Prothalotia suturalis is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Trochidae, the top snails.