Prothalotia
| Prothalotia | |
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| Prothalotia ramburi | |
Scientific classification 
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| 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 | |
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Cantharidus (Prothalotia) Thiele, 1930 (original rank) | |
Prothalotia is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the subfamily Cantharidinae of the family Trochidae, the top snails.[2]
Distribution
The species in this genus occurs off Japan and Australia.
Species
Species within the genus Prothalotia include:
- Prothalotia chlorites (Philippi, 1846)
- Prothalotia flindersi (Fischer, 1878)
- Prothalotia lehmanni (Menke, 1843)
- Prothalotia lesueuri Fischer, 1880
- Prothalotia porteri (Iredale, 1940)
- Prothalotia pulcherrima (W. Wood, 1828)
- Prothalotia ramburi (Crosse, 1864)
- Prothalotia suturalis (Adams, 1853)
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
- Prothalotia baudini (Fischer, 1878): synonym of Calthalotia baudini (P. Fischer, 1878)
- Prothalotia boninensis Okutani, 2001:[4] synonym of Kanekotrochus boninensis (Okutani, 2001)
- Prothalotia comtessi Iredale, 1931: synonym of Calthalotia comtessi (Iredale, 1931)
- Prothalotia nitens Kiener, L.C., 1859: synonym of Prothalotia lehmanni (Menke, 1843)
- Prothalotia pulcherrimus (Wood, 1828): synonym of Cantharidus pulcherrimus (Wood, 1828)
- Prothalotia strigata (Adams, 1853): synonym of Calthalotia strigata (A. Adams, 1853)
- Prothalotia sulcosa Adams, A., 1851: synonym of Prothalotia lehmanni (Menke, 1843)
References
- ^ Thiele, 1930, Die Fauna Südwest-Australiens, 5, Lief. 8: 566
- ^ Prothalotia Thiele, 1930. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 1 December 2012.
- ^ OBIS : Prothalotia
- ^ 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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