Chrysostoma
Appearance
Chrysostoma | |
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Scientific classification ![]() | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Mollusca |
Class: | Gastropoda |
Subclass: | Vetigastropoda |
Order: | Trochida |
Superfamily: | Trochoidea |
Family: | Trochidae |
Genus: | Chrysostoma Swainson, 1840 |
Type species | |
Turbo nicobaricus Gmelin, 1791 |
Chrysostoma is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Trochidae, the top snails.[1][2]
Description
The solid, thick shell has a globose shape. The spire is very short . The aperture is rounded. The parietal wall bears a heavy callus which wholly or almost covers the narrow umbilicus.[3]
Species
Species within the genus Chrysostoma include:[1]
- Chrysostoma paradoxum (Born, 1778)
- Species brought into synonymy
- Chrysostoma zeus (Fischer, 1874): synonym of Austrocochlea zeus P. Fischer, 1874
References
- ^ a b Bouchet, P. (2012). Chrysostoma Swainson, 1840. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=225491 on 2012-11-23
- ^ Vaught, K.C. (1989). A classification of the living Mollusca. American Malacologists: Melbourne, FL (USA). ISBN 0-915826-22-4. XII, 195 pp.
- ^ Tryon (1889), Manual of Conchology XI, Academy of Natural Sciences, Philadelphia
- MacNeil, F.S., 1960. Tertiary and Quaternary Gastropoda of Okinawa. U.S. Geol. S. Professional Pa., 339:0-0