Prothalotia lehmanni explained

Prothalotia lehmanni, common name Lehmann's top shell, is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Trochidae, the top snails.^{[1] [2]}

Description

The Prothalotia lehmanni shares the corneous operculum shell specific to the Trochidae family, and has the common nacreous interior. On the small side, Lehmann's top snail ranges from 10mm to 17mm in size.^[3]

Distribution

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

References

• Lamarck, J.B. 1822. Histoire naturelle des Animaux sans Vertèbres. Paris : J.B. Lamarck Vol. 7 711 pp.
• Cotton, B.C. 1959. South Australian Mollusca. Archaeogastropoda. Handbook of the Flora and Fauna of South Australia. Adelaide : South Australian Government Printer 449 pp. [119] (118, fig. 57 as Prothalotia ramburi (Crosse) 119, fig. 58 as Prothalotia lesueuri (Fischer); 120, fig. 59
• Macpherson, J.H. & Gabriel, C.J. 1962. Marine Molluscs of Victoria. Melbourne : Melbourne University Press & National Museum of Victoria 475 pp.

External links

• Barcode of Life (1 barcode)
• GenBank (5 nucleotides; 1 proteins)
• USNM Invertebrate Zoology Mollusca Collection
• World Register of Marine Species

Notes and References

1. Bouchet, P. (2012). Prothalotia lehmanni (Menke, 1843). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=573217 on 2012-11-23
2. Hickman C.S. (2005) Seagrass fauna of the temperate southern coast of Australia I: The cantharidine trochid gastropods. In: F.E. Wells, D.I. Walker & G.A. Kendrick (eds), The marine flora and fauna of Esperance, Western Australia: 199-220. Western Australian Museum, Perth.
3. Britannica, T. Editors of Encyclopedia (2010). top shell. Encyclopedia Britannica. https://www.britannica.com/animal/top-shell Retrieved 8 September 2022