Calliotrochus is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the subfamily Stomatellinae of the family Trochidae, the top snails.Bouchet, P. (2012). Calliotrochus P. Fischer, 1879. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=512277 on 2012-11-23
Description This genus consists of thin, small, shining globose species with a turbinate shape. It has rounded, smooth or spirally striate, convex whorls. The aperture is rounded. The outer lip and columella are simple, thin and arcuate. The umbilicus is narrow.Tryon (1889), Manual of Conchology XI, Academy of Natural Sciences, Philadelphia
Species Species within the genus Calliotrochus include: Calliotrochus marmoreus (Pease, 1861)
The following species were brought into synonymy: Calliotrochus excellens Iredale, 1937: synonym of Calliotrochus marmoreus (Pease, 1861) Calliotrochus legrandi May, W.L. 1921: synonym of Minopa legrandi (Petterd, 1879) Calliotrochus normalis Iredale, 1937: synonym of Calliotrochus marmoreus (Pease, 1861) Calliotrochus symbolicus Iredale, 1937: synonym of Calliotrochus marmoreus (Pease, 1861) Calliotrochus tasmanicus May, W.L. 1923: synonym of Nanula tasmanica (Petterd, 1879)
References
Gatliff, J.H. & Gabriel, C.J., 1922. Additions to and alterations in the Catalogue of Victorian Marine Mollusca. Proc. R. Soc. Vict.n.s., 34(2):128-161. Herbert, D.G., 1998. Revision of the genus Calliotrochus Fischer, 1879 (Gastropoda: Trochoidea). Invertebrate Taxonomy, 12:545-565.