''Cantharus'' is a
genus
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of
sea snail
Sea snail is a common name for slow-moving marine gastropod molluscs, usually with visible external shells, such as whelk or abalone. They share the taxonomic class Gastropoda with slugs, which are distinguished from snails primarily by the ...
s in the
family
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Pisaniidae
The Pisaniidae are a taxonomic family of medium-sized sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the superfamily Buccinoidea.Rosenberg, G. (2018). Pisaniidae Gray, 1857. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespeci ...
.
Taxonomy
This genus was previously placed in family
Fasciolariidae
The Fasciolariidae, common name the "tulip snails and spindle snails", are a family (biology), family of small to large sea snails, marine (ocean), marine gastropod mollusks in the superfamily Buccinoidea.
The family Fasciolariidae probably appe ...
by some authors. The genus is sometimes split into subgenera.
Species
, the World Register of Marine Species accepts 14 extant and 1 extinct species in the genus ''Cantharus'':
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Cantharus acuticingulatus''
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Cantharus berryi''
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Cantharus bolivianus''
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Cantharus cecillei''
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Cantharus erythrostoma''
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Cantharus leucotaeniatus''
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Cantharus melanostoma''
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Cantharus petwayae''
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Cantharus rehderi''
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Cantharus salalahensis''
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Cantharus septemcostatus''
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Cantharus spiralis''
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Cantharus tranquebaricus''
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Cantharus vermeiji''
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Cantharus vezzarochristofei''
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Cantharus elegans'' is present in some databases, but not the World Register of Marine Species.
''Cantharus porcatus'' is listed as a ''taxon inquirendum'' in the World Register of Marine Species.
References
* Vaught, K.C. (1989). ''A classification of the living Mollusca''. American Malacologists: Melbourne, FL (USA). . XII, 195 pp
Pisaniidae
Gastropod genera
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