Prothalotia lehmanni

Prothalotia lehmanni
Drawing of a shell of Prothalotia lehmanni
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Clade: Vetigastropoda
Superfamily: Trochoidea
Family: Trochidae
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.
External identifiers for Prothalotia lehmanni
NCBI 529779
WoRMS 573217
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