Calthalotia modesta explained

Calthalotia modesta is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Trochidae, the top snails.^[1]

Distribution

This marine species is endemic to Australia and occurs off Western Australia.

References

• Thiele, J. 1930. Gastropoda und Bivalvia. pp. 561–596 in Michaelsen, W. & Hartmayer, R. (eds). Die Fauna Südwest-Australiens. Jena : Gustav Fischer Vol. 5.
• Ponder, W.F. 1978. The unfigured Mollusca of J. Thiele. 1930 published in Die Fauna Sudwest-Australiens. Records of the Western Australian Museum 6(4): 423-441
• Wilson B. (1993) Australian marine shells. Prosobranch gastropods. Vol. 1. Odyssey Publishing, Kallaroo, Western Australia, 408 pp

External links

• To World Register of Marine Species

Notes and References

1. Marshall, B. (2013). Calthalotia modesta (Thiele, 1930). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=720351 on 2014-01-09