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Calthalotia fragum
Scientific classification
Synonyms
  • Calliostoma fragum (Philippi, 1848)
  • Calthalotia comtessa (Iredale, 1931)
  • Odontotrochus indistinctus Wood, 1828
  • Prothalotia comtessei Iredale, T., 1931
  • Thalotia comtessei Iredale, 1931
  • Thalotia marginata Tenison-Woods, 1879
  • Thalotia zebrides A. Adams, 1853
  • Trochus decoratus Philippi, 1846 (invalid: junior homonym of Trochus decoratus Hehl, 1832, and T. decoratus Michelotti, 1840)
  • Trochus fragum Philippi, 1848 (original combination)
  • Trochus indistinctus Wood, 1828
  • Trochus pyrgos Philippi, 1855
  • Zizyphius fragum Philippi, 1848

Calthalotia fragum, 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.

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.

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