Calthalotia fragum

Calthalotia fragum
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Subclass:	Vetigastropoda
Order:	Trochida
Superfamily:	Trochoidea
Family:	Trochidae
Genus:	Calthalotia
Species:	C. fragum
Binomial name
	Calthalotia fragum; (Iredale, 1931)
Synonyms
	Calliostoma fragum (Philippi, 1848); Calthalotia comtessa (Iredale, 1931); Odontotrochus indistinctus Wood, 1828; Prothalotia comtessei Iredale, T., 1931; Thalotia comtessei Iredale, 1931; Thalotia marginata Tenison-Woods, 1879; Thalotia zebrides A. Adams, 1853; Trochus decoratus Philippi, 1846 (invalid: junior homonym of Trochus decoratus Hehl, 1832, and T. decoratus Michelotti, 1840); Trochus fragum Philippi, 1848 (original combination); Trochus indistinctus Wood, 1828; Trochus pyrgos Philippi, 1855; Zizyphius fragum Philippi, 1848;

Calthalotia fragum is the common name of the spotted strawberry top shell or the comtesse's top shell, is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Trochidae, the top snails.^[2]

Description[edit]

The size of an adult shell of this species varies between 8 mm and 25 mm.

This marine species occurs off Southeast Australia, Queensland, Victoria, New South Wales and Japan.

^ Iredale, T. 1931. Australian molluscan notes. No. 1. Records of the Australian Museum 18(4): 201-235, pls xxii-xxv
^ MolluscaBase (2019). MolluscaBase. Calthalotia fragum (Philippi, 1848). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1350270 on 2019-07-20

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