Coelotrochus tiaratus

Coelotrochus tiaratus
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Vetigastropoda
Order: Trochida
Superfamily: Trochoidea
Family: Trochidae
Genus: Coelotrochus
Species:
C. tiaratus
Binomial name
Coelotrochus tiaratus
(Quoy & Gaimard, 1834)[1]
Synonyms
  • Anthora conica Hutton, 1882
  • Chlorostoma (Neozelandia) huttoni Cossmann, 1918
  • Polydonta elegans Gray, 1835
  • Trochus chatamensis Hutton, 1893
  • Trochus delicatulus Philippi, 1846
  • Trochus tiaratus Quoy & Gaimard, 1834

Coelotrochus tiaratus, whose common names include tiara top shell, brown top shell, mititi, and mitimiti is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Trochidae, the top snails.[2]

  1. ^ Quoy et Gaimard, Voyage de V Astrolabe, iii, p. 256, t. 64, f 6-11, 1832
  2. ^ Rosenberg, G. (2012). Coelotrochus tiaratus (Quoy & Gaimard, 1834). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=598204 on 2012-11-23