Prothalotia

Prothalotia is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the subfamily Cantharidinae of the family Trochidae, the top snails.[2]

Prothalotia
Prothalotia ramburi
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Vetigastropoda
Order: Trochida
Superfamily: Trochoidea
Family: Trochidae
Subfamily: Cantharidinae
Genus: Prothalotia
Thiele, 1930 [1]
Type species
Trochus flindersi P. Fischer, 1878
Synonyms

Cantharidus (Prothalotia) Thiele, 1930 (original rank)

Distribution

The species in this genus occurs off Japan and Australia.

Species

Species within the genus Prothalotia include:

The Indo-Pacific Molluscan Database also includes the following species with names in current use :[3]

  • Prothalotia pyrgos Philippi, 1849
  • Prothalotia serpentina (Quoy in Kiener, 1859)
Species brought into synonymy

References

  1. Thiele, 1930, Die Fauna Südwest-Australiens, 5, Lief. 8: 566
  2. Prothalotia Thiele, 1930. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 1 December 2012.
  3. OBIS : Prothalotia
  4. Prothalotia boninensis Okutani, 2001. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 1 May 2010.
  • Cotton, B.C., 1959. South Australian Mollusca. Archaeogastropoda. Govt. Printer, Adelaide
  • Iredale, T. & McMichael, D.F., 1962 [31/Dec/1962]. A reference list of the marine Mollusca of New South Wales. Mem. Aust. Mus., 11:0-0.


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