Odontotrochus
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| Odontotrochus | |
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| Drawing with two views of a shell of Odontotrochus chlorostomus | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Vetigastropoda |
| Order: | Trochida |
| Superfamily: | Trochoidea |
| Family: | Trochidae |
| Subfamily: | Cantharidinae |
| Genus: | Odontotrochus P. Fischer, 1880 |
| Type species | |
| Trochus chlorostomus Menke, 1843 | |
| Synonyms | |
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Trochus (Odontotrochus) P. Fischer, 1879 (original rank) | |
Odontotrochus is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the subfamily Cantharidinae of the family Trochidae, the top snails.[1]
Distribution
This genus is endemic to Australia and occurs off New South Wales, Queensland, South Australia, Victoria and Western Australia.