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Botelloides

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Botelloides
Original drawing of a shell of Botelloides bassianus
Scientific classification Edit this classification
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
Synonyms[2]
  • Botellus Iredale, 1924 (Invalid: Junior homonym of Botellus Moniez, 1887)

Botelloides is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Trochidae, the top snails.[2]

Description

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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

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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

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Species within the genus Botelloides include:[2]

References

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  1. ^ Strand, 1928: Archiv für Naturgeschichte, (A) 92(8): 66
  2. ^ 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
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