Volume 15: 31 October 1994

Notes on the Australian species of Calliotropis (Gastropoda: Trochidae) with descriptions of four new species.

P. Jansen

11 Eden Street, Belgian Gardens Queensland 4810.

This paper reviews the Australian species of the genus Calliotropis Seguenza, 1903. Calliotropis glypta Watson, 1886 was the only species known to occur in Australia. Four new species are described: Calliotropis echidna, C. carinata, C. canaliculata and C. lamellifera from off the New South Wales and Queensland coasts. Calliotropis acherontis Marshall, 1979 is recorded from off the eastern Australian Coast.

pp. 43-53

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