The length of the shell varies between 12 mm and 20 mm. The elongated, thick and solid shell is imperforate and has an acutely conical shape. The spire is straightly conical. The apex is subacute. The sutures are linear. The about 6 whorls are nearly flat. The penultimate has four or five broad flat spiral ribs, often unequal in width, separated by narrow impressed grooves. The subangular body whorl has four or five broad fiat low ribs above the periphery and more numerous narrower ones on the base. The ribs are usually purplish-crimson articulated with narrow white marks. The small aperture is less than one-half the length of shell. It is oblique, oval, brilliantly iridescent and somewhat sulcated inside. The peristome is edged with a line of intense crimson, bordered with greenish inside. The vertical columella is slightly arcuate but straight in the middle. The parietal wall is covered by a light callus.[4]
^Hickman C.S. (2005) Seagrass fauna of the temperate southern coast of Australia I: The cantharidine trochid gastropods. In: F.E. Wells, D.I. Walker & G.A. Kendrick (eds), The marine flora and fauna of Esperance, Western Australia: 199-220. Western Australian Museum, Perth.
^Tryon (1889), Manual of Conchology XI, Academy of Natural Sciences, Philadelphia
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prothalotia, pulcherrima, common, name, beautiful, jewel, shell, species, snail, marine, gastropod, mollusk, family, trochidae, snails, drawing, with, views, shell, scientific, classificationdomain, eukaryotakingdom, animaliaphylum, molluscaclass, gastropodasu. Prothalotia pulcherrima common name the beautiful jewel top shell is a species of sea snail a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Trochidae the top snails 2 3 Prothalotia pulcherrimaDrawing with two views of a shell of Prothalotia pulcherrimaScientific classificationDomain EukaryotaKingdom AnimaliaPhylum MolluscaClass GastropodaSubclass VetigastropodaOrder TrochidaSuperfamily TrochoideaFamily TrochidaeSubfamily CantharidinaeGenus ProthalotiaSpecies P pulcherrimaBinomial nameProthalotia pulcherrima W Wood 1828 1 SynonymsCantharidus pulcherrimus Wood 1828 Thalotia mariae Tenison Woods 1877 Trochus preissii Menke 1843 Trochus pulcherrimus Wood 1828 original combination Contents 1 Description 2 Distribution 3 References 4 External linksDescription editThe length of the shell varies between 12 mm and 20 mm The elongated thick and solid shell is imperforate and has an acutely conical shape The spire is straightly conical The apex is subacute The sutures are linear The about 6 whorls are nearly flat The penultimate has four or five broad flat spiral ribs often unequal in width separated by narrow impressed grooves The subangular body whorl has four or five broad fiat low ribs above the periphery and more numerous narrower ones on the base The ribs are usually purplish crimson articulated with narrow white marks The small aperture is less than one half the length of shell It is oblique oval brilliantly iridescent and somewhat sulcated inside The peristome is edged with a line of intense crimson bordered with greenish inside The vertical columella is slightly arcuate but straight in the middle The parietal wall is covered by a light callus 4 Distribution editThis marine species is endemic to Australia and occurs off Victoria to Western Australia and off Northern Tasmania References edit Wood Ind Test suppl t 6 f 45 MolluscaBase eds 2020 MolluscaBase Prothalotia pulcherrima W Wood 1828 Accessed through World Register of Marine Species at http marinespecies org aphia php p taxdetails amp id 876701 on 2020 07 26 Hickman C S 2005 Seagrass fauna of the temperate southern coast of Australia I The cantharidine trochid gastropods In F E Wells D I Walker amp G A Kendrick eds The marine flora and fauna of Esperance Western Australia 199 220 Western Australian Museum Perth Tryon 1889 Manual of Conchology XI Academy of Natural Sciences PhiladelphiaExternal links edit nbsp Wikimedia Commons has media related to Prothalotia pulcherrima To World Register of Marine Species Cantharidus pulcherrimus Gastropods com Retrieved 15 January 2019 Tenison Woods J E 1878 On some new marine Mollusca Transactions and Proceedings of the Royal Society of Victoria 14 55 65 Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Prothalotia pulcherrima amp oldid 1190816655, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
