Thoristella

Taxobox
name = "Thoristella"


image_caption =
regnum = Animalia
phylum = Mollusca
classis = Gastropoda
subclassis = Prosobranchia
ordo = Archaeogastropoda
superfamilia = Trochacea
familia = Trochidae
genus = "Thoristella"
genus_authority = Iredale, 1915
subdivision_ranks = Species
subdivision = See text.

"Thoristella" is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod molluscs in the family Trochidae, the top snails or top shells.

Distribution

This genus is endemic to New Zealand.

Description

These are small solidly-built, low-spired trochids, with a simple aperture.

pecies within the genus "Thoristella"

* "Thoristella carinata" Marshall, 1998
* "Thoristella carmesina" (Webster,1908)
* "Thoristella chathamensis aucklandica" (E.A.Smith,1902)
* "Thoristella chathamensis chathamensis" (Hutton,1873)
* "Thoristella chathamensis cookiana" Powell,1934
* "Thoristella chathamensis dunedinensis" (Suter,1897)
* "Thoristella chathamensis profunda" Dell,1956
* "Thoristella crassicosta" Powell,1937
* "Thoristella oppressa" (Hutton,1878)
* "Thoristella rex" Marshall, 1998

References

* [http://www.mollusca.co.nz/checklist/checklist_frameset.htm NZ Mollusca]
* Powell A W B, "New Zealand Mollusca", William Collins Publishers Ltd, Auckland, New Zealand 1979 ISBN 0-00-216906-1
* Miller M & Batt G, "Reef and Beach Life of New Zealand", William Collins (New Zealand) Ltd, Auckland, New Zealand 1973