Prothalotia lehmanni

Prothalotia lehmanni
	Drawing of a shell of Prothalotia lehmanni
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Subclass:	Vetigastropoda
Order:	Trochida
Superfamily:	Trochoidea
Family:	Trochidae
Subfamily:	Cantharidinae
Genus:	Prothalotia
Species:	P. lehmanni
Binomial name
	Prothalotia lehmanni; (Menke, 1843)
Synonyms
	Cantharidus lehmanni (Menke, 1843); Notogibbula sulcosa A. Adams, 1851; Phasianella elegans Lamarck, J.B. 1822; Trochus lehmanni Menke, 1843 (original combination); Trochus nitens Kiener, L.C. 1859;

Prothalotia lehmanni, common name Lehmann's top shell, is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Trochidae, the top snails.^[2]^[3]

Description

The size of the shell varies between 10 mm and 17 mm.

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

^ Menke, C.T. 1843. Molluscorum Novae Hollandiae Specimen in Libraria Aulica Hahniana. Hannover : Hahniana 46 pp.
^ Bouchet, P. (2012). Prothalotia lehmanni (Menke, 1843). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=573217 on 2012-11-23
^ 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.

Lamarck, J.B. 1822. Histoire naturelle des Animaux sans Vertèbres. Paris : J.B. Lamarck Vol. 7 711 pp.
Cotton, B.C. 1959. South Australian Mollusca. Archaeogastropoda. Handbook of the Flora and Fauna of South Australia. Adelaide : South Australian Government Printer 449 pp. [119] (118, fig. 57 as Prothalotia ramburi (Crosse) 119, fig. 58 as Prothalotia lesueuri (Fischer); 120, fig. 59
Macpherson, J.H. & Gabriel, C.J. 1962. Marine Molluscs of Victoria. Melbourne : Melbourne University Press & National Museum of Victoria 475 pp.