About Thalotia conica (J.E.Gray, 1826)
This species, Thalotia conica, has a solid, imperforate, elevated conical shell. Its shell length ranges between 13 mm and 23 mm. The spire is pinkish or grayish white with a crimson apex and many closely spaced, longitudinal dark reddish-brown stripes; these stripes are often cut into tessellations by the surface's spiral grooves. The body whorl is dark purple, marked with oblique, more or less zigzag pale lines. The spire is straightly conical with an acute apex and linear sutures. It has seven nearly flat whorls; the final body whorl is obtusely subangular at its periphery. The spire whorls are encircled by 5 to 6 more or less granose lirae, which are spiral moniliform lines, while the body whorl has around 13 or 14 lirae in front of the aperture. Incremental wrinkles are more or less prominent on the shell. The aperture is rhomboidal. The outer lip is thickened and crenulated on the inside, and the thick peristome is plicate internally. The straight columella is denticulate, ending abruptly in a strong basal truncation. The operculum is multispiral. This species is quite variable in its shell sculpture, and small lirulae often occupy the spaces between its spiral ribs. This marine species is distributed off the coast of Australia from Southwest Australia to New South Wales, and also off Tasmania.
