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

Calliotrochus
Drawing with three views of a shell of Calliotrochus marmoreus
Scientific classification Edit this classification
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
  • Trochinella Iredale, 1937

Description

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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

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Species within the genus Calliotrochus include:[1]


The following species were brought into synonymy:[1]

References

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  • Gatliff, J.H. & Gabriel, C.J., 1922. Additions to and alterations in the Catalogue of Victorian Marine Mollusca. Proc. R. Soc. Vict.n.s., 34(2):128-161.
  • Herbert, D.G., 1998. Revision of the genus Calliotrochus Fischer, 1879 (Gastropoda: Trochoidea). Invertebrate Taxonomy, 12:545-565.