Chrysostoma is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Trochidae, the top snails.[1][2]
| Chrysostoma | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Vetigastropoda |
| Order: | Trochida |
| Superfamily: | Trochoidea |
| Family: | Trochidae |
| Genus: | Chrysostoma Swainson, 1840 |
| Type species | |
| Turbo nicobaricus Gmelin, 1791
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Description
editThe solid, thick shell has a globose shape. The spire is very short . The aperture is rounded. The parietal wall bears a heavy callus which wholly or almost covers the narrow umbilicus.[3]
Species
editSpecies within the genus Chrysostoma include:[1]
- Chrysostoma paradoxum (Born, 1778)
- Species brought into synonymy
- Chrysostoma zeus (Fischer, 1874): synonym of Austrocochlea zeus P. Fischer, 1874
References
edit- ^ a b Bouchet, P. (2012). Chrysostoma Swainson, 1840. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=225491 on 2012-11-23
- ^ Vaught, K.C. (1989). A classification of the living Mollusca. American Malacologists: Melbourne, FL (USA). ISBN 0-915826-22-4. XII, 195 pp.
- ^ Tryon (1889), Manual of Conchology XI, Academy of Natural Sciences, Philadelphia
- MacNeil, F.S., 1960. Tertiary and Quaternary Gastropoda of Okinawa. U.S. Geol. S. Professional Pa., 339:0-0