Botelloides chrysalidus
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| Botelloides chrysalidus | |
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| Original drawing of a shell of Botelloides chrysalidus | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Vetigastropoda |
| Order: | Trochida |
| Superfamily: | Trochoidea |
| Family: | Trochidae |
| Genus: | Botelloides |
| Species: | B. chrysalidus |
| Binomial name | |
| Botelloides chrysalidus (Chapman & Gabriel, 1914) | |
| Synonyms | |
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Rissoa (Onoba) chrysalida Chapman & Gabriel, 1914 | |
Botelloides chrysalidus is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Trochidae, the top snails.[1]
- Subspecies
- Botelloides chrysalidus chrysalidus (Chapman & Gabriel, 1914) (synonym: Rissoa (Onoba) chrysalidus Chapman & Gabriel, 1914)
- Botelloides chrysalidus kendricki Ponder, 1985
The height of the shell attains 3.1 mm, its diameter 1.5 mm. The stoutly built and polished shell has a pupiform shape. The four whorls are depressed convex. The spiral and helicoid apex consists of 2½ turns. The shallow sutures are excavated. The circular aperture has a thick lip. There are faint colour bands parallel with and near to the sutures, as seen in some specimens. The surface shows, under a high magnification, fine growth lines.[2]