Thalotia conica

• Overview
• Interesting Facts
• Description
• Taxonomy
• Similar Species
• More Info
• Further Reading
• Notes

Overview

Interesting Facts

Description

Family Trochidae

Operculum thin and horny , with numerous spiral lines .

Habitat

Typically found in the intertidal zone at the water's edge at a mean distance from sea level of -89 meters (-292 feet).[1]

Biome: Coastal.

Taxonomy

Similar Species

Members of the genus Thalotia

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Further Reading

• Guide to the systematic distribution of Mollusca in the British museum. London, Printed by order of the trustees, 1857. url .
• Manual of conchology, structural and systematic: with illustrations of the species / by George W. Tryon, Jr. Philadelphia: Published by the Author, Academy of Natural Sciences, 1879-1898. url p. 141, p. 151, p. 494.
• Manual of the New Zealand Mollusca. A systematic and descriptive catalogue of the marine and land shells, and of the soft mollusks and Polyzoa of New Zealand and the adjacent islands, by Frederick Wollaston Hutton. Wellington, Printed at the office of J. Hughes, 1880. url p. 220.
• Papers and proceedings of the Royal Society of Tasmania. 1886 Hobart, Tasmania, The Society. url p. 197, p. 198, p. 41, p. 69.
• Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington. Washington, Biological Society of Washington url p. 726.
• Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales. Sydney, Linnean Society of New South Wales. url p. 235, p. 406.
• Proceedings of the Malacological Society of London. London, Dulau. url p. 275.
• Proceedings of the Royal Society of Victoria. Melbourne: The Society, 1889- url p. 129, p. 241.
• The Emu: official organ of the Australasian Ornithologists' Union. Melbourne: Royal Australasian Ornithologists Union, 1901- url p. 74.
• The Victorian naturalist. [Melbourne]Field Naturalists Club of Victoria. url p. 100, p. 113, p. 208, p. 56, p. 58, p. 99.
• The genera of recent Mollusca: arranged according to their organization. By Henry Adams...and Arthur Adams. LondonJ. Van Voorst, 1858. url p. 420.
• Transactions and proceedings and report of the Royal Society of South Australia (Incorporated). Adelaide: W.C. Rigby, 1904-1911. url p. 349.
• Transactions and proceedings of the Royal Society of South Australia (Incorporated). Adelaide: W.C. Rigby, 1912-1937. url p. 203.

Notes

Contributors

• Brands, S.J. (comp.) 1989-present. The Taxonomicon. Universal Taxonomic Services, Zwaag, The Netherlands. Accessed January 16, 2012.

Data Sources

Accessed through GBIF Data Portal November 25, 2007:

• Academy of Natural Sciences, Academy of Natural Sciences Malacology Database
• Academy of Natural Sciences, Academy of Natural Sciences OBIS Mollusc Database [Darwin Core]
• Institute of Marine and Coastal Sciences, Rutgers University, Academy of Natural Sciences OBIS Mollusc Database
• OZCAM
• Provider, Online Zoological Collections of Australian Museums

Identifiers

• Biodiversity Heritage Library NamebankID: 1926909
• Global Biodiversity Information Facility Taxonkey: 15587194
• Zipcode Zoo Species Identifier: 869152

Footnotes

1. Standard Deviation = 899.180 based on 113 observations. Terrestrial altitude and ocean depth information for each observation from British Oceanographic Data Centre. [back]

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