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Gastropoda Name Trochidae 

Prothalotia lehmanni (Menke, 1843)

Type of listing: Name in current use

Synonymy

   Phasianella elegans Lamarck, 1822
   Trochus lehmanni Menke, 1843
   Notogibbula sulcosa A. Adams, 1851
   Trochus nitens Kiener, 1859
   Trochus ramburi Crosse, 1864
   Trochus leseuri Fischer, 1877

Common Name

Lehmann's Top Shell p.120      Cotton, B.C. 1959.  
Lesueur's Top Shell p.119      Cotton, B.C. 1959.  
Striped or Rambur's Kelp p.63 [For Cantharidus ramburi]      Allan, J. 1950.  

Distribution

  ABRS Regions: Australia: 200 m bathymetric: S Gulfs coast
  ABRS Regions: Australia: 200 m bathymetric: Great Australian Bight
  OBIS Regions: Temperate Indo-West Pacific: Southern Hemisphere: Australia (S): South Australia
  OBIS Regions: Temperate Indo-West Pacific: Southern Hemisphere: Australia (S): Western Australia
  ABRS Regions: Australia: 200 m bathymetric: SW coast
  ABRS Regions: Australia: 200 m bathymetric: Lower W coast
  ABRS Regions: Australia: South Australia
  ABRS Regions: Australia: Western Australia

Keywords

feeds on: plants 
habitat: beach 
habitat: rock platform 

References

 Allan, J. 1950. p.63, fig. 7 [ as Cantharidus ramburi ]  General reference
 Brazier, J. 1887. [ as Trochus (Cantharidus) lesueuri Fischer sp. ]  General reference
 Cotton, B.C. 1959. p.119 [ 118, fig. 57 as Prothalotia ramburi (Crosse) 119, fig. 58 as Prothalotia lesueuri (Fischer); 120, fig. 59 as Prothalotia lehmanni (Menke) ]  General reference
 Macpherson, J.H. & Gabriel, C.J. 1962. p.63, fig. 86 General reference
 Pritchard, G.B. & Gatliff, J.H. 1902. p.130 [ as Cantharidus ramburi Crosse ]  Synonomy

Classification

  Animalia
    Mollusca
      Conchifera
        Visceroconcha
          Gastropoda
            Orthogastropoda
              Vetigastropoda
                Name Author, Year
                  Trochoidea
                    Trochidae Rafinesque, 1815
                      Trochinae Rafinesque, 1815
                        Cantharidini Cotton, 1959
                          Prothalotia Thiele, 1930
                            Prothalotia lehmanni (Menke, 1843)

Metadata

Taxon name record (intBiotaID=6620) created by Playpus Export Program on 2000-11-09. Record last updated by dsherman on 2004-04-29.