Botelloides sulcatus is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Trochidae, the top snails.[2]

Botelloides sulcatus
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Vetigastropoda
Order: Trochida
Superfamily: Trochoidea
Family: Trochidae
Genus: Botelloides
Species:
B. sulcatus
Binomial name
Botelloides sulcatus
(Cotton, 1944)[1]
Synonyms

Lironoba sulcata Cotton, 1944

Distribution

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This marine species is endemic to Australia and occurs off South Australia, Tasmania and Western Australia; in the Arafura Sea.

References

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  1. ^ Cotton, B.C. 1944. Recent Australian species of the family Rissoidae (Mollusca). Transactions of the Royal Society of South Australia 68(2): 286-314
  2. ^ Rosenberg, G. (2012). Botelloides sulcatus (Cotton, 1944). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=594501 on 2012-11-23
  • Ponder, W.F. 1985. A revision of the genus Botelloides (Mollusca: Gastropoda: Trochacea). Department of Mines and Energy, South Australia, Special Publication 5: 301-327
  • Wilson, B. 1993. Australian Marine Shells. Prosobranch Gastropods. Kallaroo, Western Australia : Odyssey Publishing Vol. 1 408 pp
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