Ethaliella rhodomphala explained

Ethaliella rhodomphala is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Trochidae, the top snails.^{[1] [2]}

Distribution

This marine species occurs off the Maldives, New Caledonia and New South Wales (Australia).

The New Caledonian occurrence may actually be Trochus (Monilea) rhodomphalus Souverbie, 1875.^[3] This species seems, as Fischer has suggested, close to Trochus rotelloeformis Philippi.^[4]

External links

• Encyclopedia of Life
• World Register of Marine Species
• Héros et al. (2007), Compendium of marine species of New Caledonia. Doc. Sci. Tech. IRD, Nouméa. II7(2): 199-254
• Michael Rule et al. (2007), The marine environment of northern New South Wales

Notes and References

1. Bouchet, P. (2012). Ethaliella rhodomphala (E.A. Smith, 1903). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=547306 on 2012-11-23
2. Poppe G.T., Tagaro S.P. & Dekker H. (2006) The Seguenziidae, Chilodontidae, Trochidae, Calliostomatidae and Solariellidae of the Philippine Islands. Visaya Supplement 2: 1-228.
3. Souverbie, Journal de Conchyliologie, 1875, p. 36, PI. 4, fig. 3.
4. Philippi, Conchylien Cabinet, Trochus, p. 302, PI. 44, fig. 2.