Thalotia beluchistana

Thalotia beluchistana
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Clade: Vetigastropoda
Superfamily: Trochoidea
Family: Trochidae
Genus: Thalotia
Species: T. beluchistana
Binomial name
Thalotia beluchistana
Melvill, J.C., 1897

Thalotia beluchistana is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Trochidae, the top snails.

In 1901, Melvill expressed the opinion that some malacologists might consider this species to belong in the genus Calliostoma.[1]

Distribution

This marine species occurs in the Gulf of Oman, the Persian Gulf and in the Arabian Sea.

References

  1. ↑ Melvill & Standen (1901) Mollusks from the Persian Gulf and Arabian Sea; Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London. v. 2, 1901


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