title: Botelloides chrysalidus
text: # Botelloides chrysalidus
  
  Botelloides chrysalidus is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Trochidae, the top snails.
  
  ## Subspecies
  
  * Botelloides chrysalidus chrysalidus (Chapman & Gabriel, 1914) (synonym: Rissoa (Onoba) chrysalidus Chapman & Gabriel, 1914)
  * Botelloides chrysalidus kendricki Ponder, 1985
  
  ## Description
  
  The height of the shell attains 3.1 mm, its diameter 1.5 mm. The stoutly built and polished shell has a pupiform shape. The four whorls are depressed convex. The spiral and helicoid apex consists of 2½ turns. The shallow sutures are excavated. The circular aperture has a thick lip. There are faint colour bands parallel with and near to the sutures, as seen in some specimens. The surface shows, under a high magnification, fine growth lines.
  
  ## Distribution
  
  This marine species is endemic to Australia and occurs off South Australia and Western Australia .
  
  