Botelloides sulcatus is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Trochidae, the top snails.[2]
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Vetigastropoda |
| Order: | Trochida |
| Superfamily: | Trochoidea |
| Family: | Trochidae |
| Genus: | Botelloides |
| Species: | B. sulcatus
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| Binomial name | |
| Botelloides sulcatus (Cotton, 1944)[1]
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| Synonyms | |
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Lironoba sulcata Cotton, 1944 | |
Distribution
editThis marine species is endemic to Australia and occurs off South Australia, Tasmania and Western Australia; in the Arafura Sea.
References
edit- ^ Cotton, B.C. 1944. Recent Australian species of the family Rissoidae (Mollusca). Transactions of the Royal Society of South Australia 68(2): 286-314
- ^ Rosenberg, G. (2012). Botelloides sulcatus (Cotton, 1944). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=594501 on 2012-11-23
- Ponder, W.F. 1985. A revision of the genus Botelloides (Mollusca: Gastropoda: Trochacea). Department of Mines and Energy, South Australia, Special Publication 5: 301-327
- Wilson, B. 1993. Australian Marine Shells. Prosobranch Gastropods. Kallaroo, Western Australia : Odyssey Publishing Vol. 1 408 pp
External links
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