Prothalotia

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Prothalotia
Prothalotia ramburi
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
(unranked): clade Vetigastropoda
Superfamily: Trochoidea
Family: Trochidae
Genus: Prothalotia
Thiele, 1930
Type species
Prothalotia flindersi Fischer, 1878

Prothalotia is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Trochidae, the top snails.[1]

Species

Species within the genus Prothalotia include:

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

  • Prothalotia pulcherrimus (Wood, 1828)
  • Prothalotia pyrgos Philippi, 1849
  • Prothalotia serpentina (Quoy in Kiener, 1859)
  • Prothalotia strigata (Adams, 1853)
Species brought into synonymy

References

  • 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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