Prothalotia chlorites

Prothalotia chlorites is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Trochidae, the top snails.^[2]

Prothalotia chlorites
Drawing of a shell of Prothalotia chlorites
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Subclass:	Vetigastropoda
Order:	Trochida
Superfamily:	Trochoidea
Family:	Trochidae
Subfamily:	Cantharidinae
Genus:	Prothalotia
Species:	P. chlorites
Binomial name
Prothalotia chlorites (Philippi, 1846) [1]
Synonyms
Cantharidus chlorites (Philippi, 1846) Trochus chlorites Philippi, 1846 (original description) Trochus viridulus Menke, 1843

Description

The height of the shell attains 7 mm, its diameter 6 mm. The imperforate shell has an obliquely pyramidal shape. Its color is yellowish-green without spots. The whorls are entirely flat and are transversely sulcate-striate, marginate. Each whorl has 5 elevated transverse lines. The angle of the body whorl is rounded. The base of the shell is slightly convex and contains numerous transverse lines, mostly punctate. The suture is profound. The aperture is subquadrangular. The lip is smooth within. The columella is pretty vertical.^[3]

Distribution

This marine species is endemic to Australia and occurs off Western Australia.