Cantharus

Cantharus
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
(unranked): clade Caenogastropoda
clade Hypsogastropoda
clade Neogastropoda
Superfamily: Buccinoidea
Family: Buccinidae
Genus: Cantharus
Röding, 1798
Type species
Cantharus globularis Röding, 1798
Synonyms[1]

Tritonidea

Cantharus is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Buccinidae, the true whelks.[1]

This genus is placed in family Fasciolariidae by some authors.

Species

Species within the genus Cantharus include:[1]

Species brought into synonymy

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 1.2 Cantharus Röding, 1798.  Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 14 July 2012.
  2. Cantharus septemcostatus Vermeij & Bouchet, 1998.  Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 17 April 2010.
  3. Cantharus tranquebaricus .  Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 17 April 2010.
  4. Cantharus vermeiji Fraussen, 2008.  Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 17 April 2010.
  5. Cantharus australis Reeve.  Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 17 April 2010.
  6. Cantharus dorbignyi .  Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 17 April 2010.
  7. Cantharus fumosus (Dillwyn, 1817).  Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 17 April 2010.
  8. Cantharus lanceola .  Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 17 April 2010.
  9. Cantharus subsinuatus Maltzan, 1884.  Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 17 April 2010.
  10. Cantharus undosus (Linnaeus, 1758).  Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 17 April 2010.
  11. Cantharus vermeuleni Knudsen, 1980.  Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 17 April 2010.
  12. Cantharus viverratus (Kiener, 1834).  Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 17 April 2010.

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