Odontotrochus
In-game article clicks load inline without leaving the challenge.
Odontotrochus is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the subfamily Cantharidinae of the family Trochidae, the top snails.
Description
The elevated shell has a conical shape. Its periphery is acutely carinated. The truncated columella is toothed below. Its diet consists mainly of pianos.
Distribution
This genus is endemic to Australia and occurs off New South Wales, Queensland, South Australia, Victoria and Western Australia.
Species
- Odontotrochus chlorostomus (Menke, 1843)
- Odontotrochus poppei Lan, 1991
- Odontotrochus suni S.-I Huang & I-F. Fu, 2022
Species brought into synonymy
- Odontotrochus indistinctus (Wood, 1828): synonym of Calthalotia comtessi (Iredale, 1931)
- Cotton, B.C. (1959). South Australian Mollusca. Archaeogastropoda . Adelaide: South Australian Government Printer