''Prodotia'' 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, marine
gastropod
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This class comprises snails and slugs from saltwater, from freshwater, and from land. T ...
mollusk
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s in the
family
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Prodotiidae
The Prodotiidae are a taxonomic family of sea snails, often known as whelk
Whelk (also known as scungilli) is a common name applied to various kinds of sea snail. Although a number of whelks are relatively large and are in the family Bucc ...
.
Species
Species within the genus ''Prodotia'' include:
* ''
Prodotia castanea''
(Melvill, 1912)
* ''
Prodotia crocata
''Prodotia crocata'' is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Prodotiidae.
Description
Distribution
This species occurs in the Indian Ocean off the Mascarene Basin and Mauritius
Mauritius ( ; french: Maurice ...
''
(Reeve, 1846)
* ''
Prodotia iostoma
''Prodotia iostoma'' is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Prodotiidae.
Description
Distribution
This marine species occurs in the Indian Ocean off Aldabra and the Mascarenes; also off New Caledonia and New Ze ...
''
(Gray, 1834)
* ''
Prodotia lannumi''
(Schwengel, 1950)
* ''
Prodotia townsendi''
(Melvill, 1918)
;Species brought into synonymy:
* ''Prodotia iostomus''
icaccepted as ''Prodotia iostoma''
(Gray, 1834)
* ''Prodotia naevosa''
(Martens, 1880): synonym of ''
Sinetectula naevosa''
(E. von Martens, 1880) (new combination)
* ''Prodotia shepstonensis''
(Tomlin, 1926): synonym of ''
Sinetectula shepstonensis''
(Tomlin, 1926) (new combination)
References
Prodotiidae
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