Coelotrochus rex

Coelotrochus rex
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Subclass:	Vetigastropoda
Order:	Trochida
Superfamily:	Trochoidea
Family:	Trochidae
Genus:	Coelotrochus
Species:	C. rex
Binomial name
Coelotrochus rex Marshall, 1998[1]
Synonyms[2]
Thoristella rex Marshall, 1998 (original combination)

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

The shells of most species of sea snails are spirally coiled. The height of the shell attains 15 mm, its diameter 18 mm.

This marine species is endemic to New Zealand and occurs off Three Kings Islands.

• Image of the holotype of the species, N.Z. government site
• Spencer, H.G.; Marshall, B.A.; Maxwell, P.A.; Grant-Mackie, J.A.; Stilwell, J.D.; Willan, R.C.; Campbell, H.J.; Crampton, J.S.; Henderson, R.A.; Bradshaw, M.A.; Waterhouse, J.B.; Pojeta, J. Jr (2009). Phylum Mollusca: chitons, clams, tusk shells, snails, squids, and kin, in: Gordon, D.P. (Ed.) (2009). New Zealand inventory of biodiversity: 1. Kingdom Animalia: Radiata, Lophotrochozoa, Deuterostomia. pp. 161–254

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