Prothalotia lehmanni

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Prothalotia lehmanni
Prothalotia lehmanni 003.jpg
Drawing of a shell of Prothalotia lehmanni
Scientific classification edit
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Vetigastropoda
Order: Trochida
Superfamily: Trochoidea
Family: Trochidae
Subfamily: Cantharidinae
Genus: Prothalotia
Species:
P. lehmanni
Binomial name
Prothalotia lehmanni
(Menke, 1843) [1]
Synonyms
  • Cantharidus lehmanni (Menke, 1843)
  • Notogibbula sulcosa A. Adams, 1851
  • Phasianella elegans Lamarck, J.B. 1822
  • Trochus lehmanni Menke, 1843 (original combination)
  • Trochus nitens Kiener, L.C. 1859

Prothalotia lehmanni, common name Lehmann's top shell, is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Trochidae, the top snails.[2][3]

Description[]

The size of the shell varies between 10 mm and 17 mm.

Distribution[]

This marine species is endemic to Australia and occurs off South Australia and Western Australia.

References[]

  1. ^ Menke, C.T. 1843. Molluscorum Novae Hollandiae Specimen in Libraria Aulica Hahniana. Hannover : Hahniana 46 pp.
  2. ^ Bouchet, P. (2012). Prothalotia lehmanni (Menke, 1843). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=573217 on 2012-11-23
  3. ^ Hickman C.S. (2005) Seagrass fauna of the temperate southern coast of Australia I: The cantharidine trochid gastropods. In: F.E. Wells, D.I. Walker & G.A. Kendrick (eds), The marine flora and fauna of Esperance, Western Australia: 199-220. Western Australian Museum, Perth.
  • Lamarck, J.B. 1822. Histoire naturelle des Animaux sans Vertèbres. Paris : J.B. Lamarck Vol. 7 711 pp.
  • Cotton, B.C. 1959. South Australian Mollusca. Archaeogastropoda. Handbook of the Flora and Fauna of South Australia. Adelaide : South Australian Government Printer 449 pp. [119] (118, fig. 57 as Prothalotia ramburi (Crosse) 119, fig. 58 as Prothalotia lesueuri (Fischer); 120, fig. 59
  • Macpherson, J.H. & Gabriel, C.J. 1962. Marine Molluscs of Victoria. Melbourne : Melbourne University Press & National Museum of Victoria 475 pp.

External links[]

  • To Barcode of Life (1 barcode)
  • To GenBank (5 nucleotides; 1 proteins)
  • To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Mollusca Collection
  • To World Register of Marine Species
  • "Prothalotia lehmanni". Gastropods.com. Retrieved 16 January 2019.
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