Calliotrochus
Genus of gastropods
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Calliotrochus is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the subfamily Stomatellinae of the family Trochidae, the top snails.[1]
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| Drawing with three views of a shell of Calliotrochus marmoreus | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Vetigastropoda |
| Order: | Trochida |
| Family: | Trochidae |
| Subfamily: | Stomatellinae |
| Genus: | Calliotrochus P. Fischer, 1879 |
| Type species | |
| Turbo phasianellus Deshayes, G.P., 1863 | |
| Synonyms[1] | |
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Description
Species
Species within the genus Calliotrochus include:[1]
- Calliotrochus marmoreus (Pease, 1861)
The following species were brought into synonymy:[1]
- Calliotrochus excellens Iredale, 1937: synonym of Calliotrochus marmoreus (Pease, 1861)
- Calliotrochus legrandi May, W.L. 1921: synonym of Minopa legrandi (Petterd, 1879)
- Calliotrochus normalis Iredale, 1937: synonym of Calliotrochus marmoreus (Pease, 1861)
- Calliotrochus symbolicus Iredale, 1937: synonym of Calliotrochus marmoreus (Pease, 1861)
- Calliotrochus tasmanicus May, W.L. 1923: synonym of Nanula tasmanica (Petterd, 1879)