The Cantharidinae are a

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of very small to large

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s in the family

Trochidae The Trochidae, common name top-snails or top-shells, are a family of various sized sea snails, marine gastropod molluscs in the subclass Vetigastropoda. This family is commonly known as the top-snails because in many species the shell resembles ...

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top snails.Bouchet, P.; Gofas, S. (2011). Cantharidinae. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=382171 on 2011-03-15 Originally it was ranked as tribe of the Trochinae, according to the taxonomy of the Gastropoda by Bouchet & Rocroi from 2005, but was elevated to the rank of subfamily following Williams et al.Williams S.T., Donald K.M., Spencer H.G. & Nakano T. (2010) Molecular systematics of the marine gastropod families Trochidae and Calliostomatidae (Mollusca: Superfamily Trochoidea). Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 54:783-809

Genera

* '' Agagus'' Jousseaume, 1894 * † '' Amonilea'' Cossmann, 1920 * † ''

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'' Kolesnikov, 1939 * '' Calthalotia'' Iredale, 1929 * '' Cantharidoscops'' Galkin, 1955 * ''

Cantharidus ''Cantharidus'', common name the kelp shells, is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod molluscs of the family Trochidae, the top shells.Rosenberg, G.; Bouchet, P. (2013). Cantharidus Montfort, 1810. Accessed through: World Register of Marine ...

'' Montfort, 1810 * '' Clelandella'' Winckworth, 1932 * ''

Gibbula ''Gibbula'' is a genus of small sea snails, marine gastropod molluscs in the subfamily Cantharidinae of the family Trochidae, the top snails.Bouchet, P.; Gofas, S. (2011). Gibbula Risso, 1826. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Spec ...

'' Risso, 1826 * † '' Gibbuliculus'' Harzhauser, 2021 * '' Iwakawatrochus'' Kuroda & Habe, 1954 * '' Jujubinus'' Monterosato, 1884 * '' Kanekotrochus'' Habe, 1958 * † '' Kishinewia'' Kolesnikov, 1935 * '' Komaitrochus'' Kuroda & Iw. Taki, 1958 * † '' Lesperonia'' Tournouër, 1874 * '' Micrelenchus'' Finlay, 1926 * '' Nanula'' Thiele, 1924 * '' Odontotrochus'' P. Fischer, 1880 * '' Oxystele'' Philippi, 1847 * '' Pagodatrochus'' Herbert, 1989 * † '' Paroxystele'' O. Schultz, 1970 * '' Phasianotrochus'' P. Fischer, 1885 * † '' Phorculus'' Cossmann, 1888 * '' Phorcus'' Risso, 1826 * '' Pictodiloma'' Habe, 1946 * '' Priotrochus'' P. Fischer, 1879 * '' Prothalotia'' Thiele, 1930 * '' Pseudotalopia'' Habe, 1961 * † '' Rollandiana'' Kolesnikov, 1939 * '' Roseaplagis'' K. M. Donald & Spencer, 2016 * † '' Sarmatigibbula'' Sladkovskaya, 2017 * † '' Sinzowia'' Kolesnikov, 1935 † * '' Steromphala'' Gray, 1847 * '' Thalotia'' Gray, 1847 *† '' Timisia'' Jekelius, 1944 * '' Tosatrochus'' MacNeil, 1961 ;Genera brought into synonymy : * ''Aphanotrochus'' Martens, 1880: synonym of '' Priotrochus'' P. Fischer, 1879 * ''Elenchus'' Swainson, 1840: synonym of ''

'' Montfort, 1810 * ''Korenia'' Friele, 1877: synonym of ''

'' Risso, 1826 * ''Limax'' Martyn, 1784: synonym of ''

'' Montfort, 1810 * ''Mawhero'' Marshall, 1998 synonym of ''

'' Montfort, 1810 * ''Osilinus'' Philippi, 1847: synonym of '' Phorcus'' Risso, 1826 * ''Plumbelenchus'' Finlay, 1926: synonym of ''

'' Montfort, 1810 * ''Scrobiculinus'' Monterosato, 1889: synonym of ''

'' Risso, 1826 * ''Steromphala'' Gray, 1847: synonym of ''

'' Risso, 1826 * ''Strigosella'' Sacco, 1896: synonym of '' Scrobiculinus'' Monterosato, 1889 * ''Trochinella'' Iredale, 1937: synonym of '' Calliotrochus'' P. Fischer, 1879 * ''Trochocochlea'' Mörch, 1852: synonym of '' Phorcus'' Risso, 1826

References

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