Botelloides chrysalidus
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| Original drawing of a shell of Botelloides chrysalidus | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Vetigastropoda |
| Order: | Trochida |
| Superfamily: | Trochoidea |
| Family: | Trochidae |
| Genus: | Botelloides |
| Species: | B. chrysalidus
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| Binomial name | |
| Botelloides chrysalidus (Chapman & Gabriel, 1914)
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| Synonyms | |
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Rissoa (Onoba) chrysalida Chapman & Gabriel, 1914 | |
Botelloides chrysalidus is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Trochidae, the top snails.[1]
- Subspecies
- Botelloides chrysalidus chrysalidus (Chapman & Gabriel, 1914) (synonym: Rissoa (Onoba) chrysalidus Chapman & Gabriel, 1914)
- Botelloides chrysalidus kendricki Ponder, 1985
Description
[edit]The height of the shell attains 3.1 mm, its diameter 1.5 mm. The stoutly built and polished shell has a pupiform shape. The four whorls are depressed convex. The spiral and helicoid apex consists of 2½ turns. The shallow sutures are excavated. The circular aperture has a thick lip. There are faint colour bands parallel with and near to the sutures, as seen in some specimens. The surface shows, under a high magnification, fine growth lines.[2]
Distribution
[edit]This marine species is endemic to Australia and occurs off South Australia and Western Australia .
References
[edit]- ^ Rosenberg, G. (2012). Botelloides chrysalidus. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=594502 on 2012-11-23
- ^ Chapman & Gabriel: Description of new and rare fossils obtained by deep boring in the Mallee part II; Proceedings of the Royal Society of Victoria v. 26, 1914
- Chapman, F. & Gabriel, C.J. 1914. Descriptions of New and Rare fossils obtained by Deep Boring in the Mallee. ii. Mollusca. Proceedings of the Royal Society of Victoria XXVI: 301-330, 5 pl
- 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