Calliotrochus P. Fischer 1879

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

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]

• Calliotrochus marmoreus (Pease, 1861)

The following species were brought into synonymy:^[1]

• Calliotrochus excellens Iredale, 1937: synonym of Calliotrochus marmoreus (Pease, 1861)
• Calliotrochus legrandi May, W.L. 1921: synonym of Minopa legrandi (Petterd, 1879)
• Calliotrochus normalis Iredale, 1937: synonym of Calliotrochus marmoreus (Pease, 1861)
• Calliotrochus symbolicus Iredale, 1937: synonym of Calliotrochus marmoreus (Pease, 1861)
• Calliotrochus tasmanicus May, W.L. 1923: synonym of Nanula tasmanica (Petterd, 1879)

References

• 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.

Calliotrochus is een geslacht van weekdieren uit de klasse van de Gastropoda (slakken).

Soort

• Calliotrochus marmoreus (Pease, 1861)