''Charitodoron'' is a
genus of
sea snail
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s,
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gastropod
The gastropods (), commonly known as snails and slugs, belong to a large taxonomic class of invertebrates within the phylum Mollusca called Gastropoda ().
This class comprises snails and slugs from saltwater, from freshwater, and from land. T ...
mollusks in the
family Charitodoronidae.
Species
Species within the genus ''Charitodoron'' include:
* ''
Charitodoron agulhasensis''
(Thiele, 1925)
* ''
Charitodoron alcyone''
Lussi, 2009
* ''
Charitodoron barbara''
(Thiele, 1925)
* ''
Charitodoron bathybius''
(Barnard, 1959)
* ''
Charitodoron rosadoi''
Kilburn, 1995
* † ''
Charitodoron tauzini''
Lozouet, 1991
* ''
Charitodoron thalia''
Tomlin, 1932
* ''
Charitodoron veneris''
(Barnard, 1964)
;Species brought into synonymy:
* ''Charitodoron aglaia''
Tomlin, 1932: synonym of ''Charitodoron agulhasensis''
(Thiele, 1925)
* ''Charitodoron euphrosyne''
Tomlin, 1932: synonym of ''Charitodoron barbara''
(Thiele, 1925)
* ''Charitodoron pasithea''
Tomlin, 1943: synonym of ''Charitodoron thalia''
Tomlin, 1932
References
* Lozouet P. (1991) ''Mollusca Gastropoda : Eumitra récentes de la région néo-calédonienne et Charitodoron fossiles de l'Oligocène supérieur d'Aquitaine (Mitridae). In: A Crosnier & P. Bouchet (eds), Résultats des Campagnes Musorstom 7''. Mémoires du Muséum National d'Histoire Naturelle, ser. A, 150: 205-222
External links
Tomlin J.R. le B. (1932) Reports on the marine Mollusca in the collection of the South African Museum. 6-8. Families Fasciolariidae, Fissurellidae, Buccinidae. Annals of the South African Museum 30: 157-169Fedosov A., Puillandre N., Herrmann M., Kantor Yu., Oliverio M., Dgebuadze P., Modica M.V. & Bouchet P. (2018). The collapse of Mitra: molecular systematics and morphology of the Mitridae (Gastropoda: Neogastropoda). Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society. 183(2): 253-337
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Charitodoronidae
Gastropod genera