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Calthalotia comtessi

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Kingdom
  
Animalia

Clade
  
Vetigastropoda

Family
  
Trochidae

Genus
  
Calthalotia

Class
  
Gastropoda

Superfamily
  
Trochoidea

Phylum
  
Mollusca

Rank
  
Species

Calthalotia comtessi, common name the spotted strawberry top shell or the comtesse's top shell, is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Trochidae, the top snails.

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Description

The size of an adult shell of this species varies between 8 mm and 25 mm.

Distribution

This marine species occurs off Southeast Australia, Queensland, Victoria, New South Wales and Japan.

References

Calthalotia comtessi Wikipedia