Botelloides
| Botelloides | |
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| Original drawing of a shell of Botelloides bassianus | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Vetigastropoda |
| Order: | Trochida |
| Superfamily: | Trochoidea |
| Family: | Trochidae |
| Genus: | Botelloides Strand, 1928[1] |
| Type species | |
| Onoba bassiana Hedley, 1911
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| Synonyms[2] | |
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Botelloides is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Trochidae, the top snails.[2]
Description
[edit]The general characteristics of the species in this genus are:
- the shell is subcylindrical and pupoid in shape
- the whorls wind obliquely on the last two-thirds of the shell
- sculpture: the earlier whorls are smooth, the later ones bear fine incised, spiral grooves
- the shape of the aperture is pyriform to circular
- the columella is excavate
- the outer lip is grooved within and bevelled to a sharp edge
Differences between the species are defined by the shell gradually widening towards the body whorl, or the shell not widening but is cylindrical.
Distribution
[edit]The species in this marine genus are endemic to Australia and occurs off New South Wales, the Northern Territory, Queensland, South Australia, Tasmania, Victoria and Western Australia.
Species
[edit]Species within the genus Botelloides include:[2]
- Botelloides bassianus (Hedley, 1911)
- Botelloides chrysalidus (Chapman & Gabriel, 1914)
- Botelloides glomerosus (Hedley, 1907)
- Botelloides ludbrookae Ponder, 1985
- Botelloides sulcatus (Cotton, 1944)
References
[edit]- ^ Strand, 1928: Archiv für Naturgeschichte, (A) 92(8): 66
- ^ a b c Rosenberg, G.; Bouchet, P. (2012). Botelloides Strand, 1928. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=512295 on 2012-11-23
- Ponder, W.F., 1985. A revision of the genus Botelloides (Mollusca: Gastropoda: Trochacea). Department of Mines and Energy, South Australia, S, 5:0-0
- Wilson, B., 1993. Australian Marine Shells. Prosobranch Gastropods. Odyssey Publishing, Kallaroo, WA