Cantharidus
| Cantharidus |
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| A shell of Cantharidus opalus opalus |
| Scientific classification |
| Kingdom: |
Animalia |
| Phylum: |
Mollusca |
| Class: |
Gastropoda |
| (unranked): |
clade Vetigastropoda |
| Superfamily: |
Trochoidea |
| Family: |
Trochidae |
| Subfamily: |
Cantharidinae |
| Genus: |
Cantharidus
Montfort, 1810[1] |
| Type species |
Trochus iris Montfort, P.D. de, 1810
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| Species |
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See text
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| Synonyms[2] [3] |
- Cantharis Férussac, 1822
- Elenchus Swainson, 1840
- Cantharidium Schaufuss, 1869
- Plumbelenchus Finlay, 1926
- Iwakawatrochus Kuroda & Habe, 1954
- Mawhero Marshall, 1998
- Micrelenchus Finlay, 1926
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Cantharidus is a genus of sea snail, a marine gastropod molluscs of the family Trochidae, the top shells.
Species
The World Register of Marine Species (WoRMS) includes the following species with valid names within the genus Cantharidus : [3]
The Indo-Pacific Molluscan Database also mentions the following species with names in current use : [2]
- Cantharidus callichroa (Philippi, 1849)
- Cantharidus crenelliferus (Adams, 1853)
- Cantharidus fournieri (Crosse, 1863)
- Cantharidus giliberti Montrouzier, 1878
- Cantharidus hirasei Pilsbry, 1901
- Cantharidus infuscatus Gould, 1861
- Cantharidus japonicus (A. Adams, 1853)
- Cantharidus jessoensis Schrenck, L. von, 1863
- Cantharidus lepidus Philippi, R.A., 1849
- Cantharidus marmoreus Pease, W.H., 1868
- Cantharidus pallidulus A. Adams, 1853
- Cantharidus pliciferus Schepman, 1908
- Cantharidus polychroma (A. Adams, 1853)
- Cantharidus pruinosus Gould, 1844
- Cantharidus urbanus (Gould, 1861)
- Cantharidus vittata (Pilsbry, 1903)
Species and subspecies within the genus Cantharidus include: [4]
References