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Gastropoda Name Trochidae 

Odontotrochus chlorostomus (Menke, 1843)

Type of listing: Name in current use

Synonymy

   Cantharidus neglectus auct.
   Cantharidus freycineti auct.
   Cantharidus blandianus auct.
   Zizipphinus blandianus auct.
   Thalotia chlorostomus auct.
   Ziziphinus chlorostomus auct.
   Cantharidus chlorostomus auct.
   Trochus chlorostomus Menke, 1843
   Trochus blandianus Crosse, 1864
   Trochus freycineti Fischer, 1878
   Thalotia neglectus Tate, 1893

Common Name

Red Kelp Shell p.64 [for O. chlorostomus]      Allan, J. 1950.  
Floral Top Shell p.122 [for O. chlorostomus]      Cotton, B.C. 1959.  
Bland's Top Shell p.123 [for O. blandianus]      Cotton, B.C. 1959.  
Freycinet's Top Shell p.118 [for O. freycineti]      Cotton, B.C. 1959.  
Tate's Top Shell p.124 [for O. neglectus]      Cotton, B.C. 1959.  

Distribution

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

Keywords

depth: shallow subtidal 
depth: subtidal [ to 15 fathoms ]
habitat: sea grass bed 

References

 Cotton, B.C. 1959. [ 122, fig. 61, as O. chlorostomus; 123 as O. blandianus; 124 as O. freycineti, 124 as O. neglectus; considers these taxa varieties of O. chlorostomus; contains descriptions, distributions and remarks on types and animals ]  General reference
 Cotton, B.C. 1959. p.123-124 Synonomy
 Ludbrook, N.H. 1978. p.94, pl. 10, fig. 23 [ Early Pleistocene, Holocene ]  Fossil record
 Wilson, B. 1993. p.83, pl. 9, fig. 1a-e [ description, distribution ]  General reference

Classification

  Animalia
    Mollusca
      Conchifera
        Visceroconcha
          Gastropoda
            Orthogastropoda
              Vetigastropoda
                Name Author, Year
                  Trochoidea
                    Trochidae Rafinesque, 1815
                      Trochinae Rafinesque, 1815
                        Cantharidini Cotton, 1959
                          Odontotrochus Fischer, 1879
                            Odontotrochus chlorostomus (Menke, 1843)

Metadata

Taxon name record (intBiotaID=6655) created by Playpus Export Program on 2000-11-09. Record last updated by Peter Ulrik Middelfart on 2001-08-07.