Botelloides

Botelloides
Original drawing of a shell of Botelloides bassianus
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Clade: Vetigastropoda
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

The general characteristics of the species in this genus are:

Differences between the species are defined by the shell gradually widening towards the body whorl, or the shell not widening but is cylindrical.

Distribution

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

Species within the genus Botelloides include:[2]

References

  1. Strand, 1928: Archiv für Naturgeschichte, (A) 92(8): 66
  2. 1 2 3 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
External identifiers for Botelloides
ITIS 331174
WoRMS 512295
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