Calliotrochus is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the subfamily Stomatellinae of the family Trochidae, the top snails.
Description
This genus consists of thin, small, shining globose species with a turbinate shape. It has rounded, smooth or spirally striate, convex whorls. The aperture is rounded. The outer lip and columella are simple, thin and arcuate. The umbilicus is narrow.
Species
Species within the genus Calliotrochus include:
<br />The following species were brought into synonymy:
- Calliotrochus excellens <small>Iredale, 1937</small>: synonym of Calliotrochus marmoreus <small>(Pease, 1861)</small>
- Calliotrochus legrandi <small>May, W.L. 1921</small>: synonym of Minopa legrandi <small>(Petterd, 1879)</small>
- Calliotrochus normalis <small>Iredale, 1937</small>: synonym of Calliotrochus marmoreus <small>(Pease, 1861)</small>
- Calliotrochus symbolicus <small>Iredale, 1937</small>: synonym of Calliotrochus marmoreus <small>(Pease, 1861)</small>
- Calliotrochus tasmanicus <small>May, W.L. 1923</small>: synonym of Nanula tasmanica <small>(Petterd, 1879)</small>
References
- Gatliff, J.H. & Gabriel, C.J., 1922. Additions to and alterations in the Catalogue of Victorian Marine Mollusca. Proc. R. Soc. Vict.n.s., 34(2):128-161.
- Herbert, D.G., 1998. Revision of the genus Calliotrochus Fischer, 1879 (Gastropoda: Trochoidea). Invertebrate Taxonomy, 12:545-565.