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

Calthalotia modesta
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Vetigastropoda
Order: Trochida
Superfamily: Trochoidea
Family: Trochidae
Genus: Calthalotia
Species:
C. modesta
Binomial name
Calthalotia modesta
(Thiele, 1930)
Synonyms

Calliostoma modestum Thiele, J. 1930

Description

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Distribution

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

References

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  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
  • 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
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