''Prothalotia'' is a

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s in the subfamily

Cantharidinae The Cantharidinae are a taxonomic subfamily of very small to large sea snails, marine gastropod molluscs in the family Trochidae, common name top snails.Bouchet, P.; Gofas, S. (2011). Cantharidinae. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Spec ...

of the

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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 ...

, the top snails.

Distribution

The species in this genus occurs off

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Species

Species within the genus ''Prothalotia'' include: * '' Prothalotia chlorites'' (Philippi, 1846) * '' Prothalotia flindersi'' (Fischer, 1878) * '' Prothalotia lehmanni'' (Menke, 1843) * '' Prothalotia lesueuri'' Fischer, 1880 * ''

Prothalotia porteri ''Prothalotia porteri'' is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Trochidae, the top snails.Marshall, B. (2013). Prothalotia porteri (Iredale, 1940). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.ma ...

'' (Iredale, 1940) * '' Prothalotia pulcherrima'' (W. Wood, 1828) * ''

Prothalotia ramburi ''Prothalotia ramburi'', common name Rambur's jewel top shell, is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Trochidae, the top snails.Bouchet, P. (2012). ''Prothalotia ramburi'' (Crosse, 1864). Accessed through: World R ...

'' (Crosse, 1864) * ''

Prothalotia suturalis ''Prothalotia suturalis'' is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Trochidae, the top snails.Marshall, B. (2013). Prothalotia suturalis (A. Adams, 1853). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://w ...

'' (Adams, 1853) The Indo-Pacific Molluscan Database also includes the following species with names in current use : * ''

Prothalotia pyrgos ''Prothalotia'' is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the subfamily Cantharidinae of the family Trochidae, the top snails. Distribution The species in this genus occurs off Japan and Australia. Species Species within the ...

'' Philippi, 1849 * ''

Prothalotia serpentina ''Prothalotia'' is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the subfamily Cantharidinae of the family Trochidae, the top snails. Distribution The species in this genus occurs off Japan and Australia. Species Species within the ...

'' (Quoy in Kiener, 1859) ;Species brought into synonymy: * ''Prothalotia baudini'' (Fischer, 1878): synonym of ''

Calthalotia baudini ''Calthalotia baudini'' is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Trochidae, the top snails.Marshall, B. (2013). Calthalotia baudini (P. Fischer, 1878). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www ...

'' (P. Fischer, 1878) * ''

Prothalotia boninensis ''Kanekotrochus boninensis'' is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk 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 ...

'' Okutani, 2001: synonym of ''

Kanekotrochus boninensis ''Kanekotrochus boninensis'' is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk 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 ...

'' (Okutani, 2001) * ''Prothalotia comtessi'' Iredale, 1931: synonym of ''

Calthalotia comtessi ''Calthalotia fragum'', common name the spotted strawberry top shell or the comtesse's top shell, is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Trochidae, the top snails.MolluscaBase (2019). MolluscaBase. Calthalotia frag ...

'' (Iredale, 1931) * ''Prothalotia nitens'' Kiener, L.C., 1859: synonym of '' Prothalotia lehmanni'' (Menke, 1843) * ''Prothalotia pulcherrimus'' (Wood, 1828): synonym of ''

Cantharidus pulcherrimus ''Prothalotia pulcherrima'', common name the beautiful jewel top shell, is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Trochidae, the top snails.MolluscaBase eds. (2020). MolluscaBase. Prothalotia pulcherrima (W. Wood, 182 ...

'' (Wood, 1828) * ''Prothalotia strigata'' (Adams, 1853): synonym of ''

Calthalotia strigata ''Calthalotia strigata'' is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Trochidae, the top snails. MolluscaBase eds. (2022). MolluscaBase. Calthalotia strigata (A. Adams, 1853). Accessed through: World Register of Marine S ...

'' (A. Adams, 1853) * ''Prothalotia sulcosa'' Adams, A., 1851: synonym of '' Prothalotia lehmanni'' (Menke, 1843)

References

* Cotton, B.C., 1959. ''South Australian Mollusca. Archaeogastropoda''. Govt. Printer, Adelaide * Iredale, T. & McMichael, D.F., 1962 1/Dec/1962 ''A reference list of the marine Mollusca of New South Wales''. Mem. Aust. Mus., 11:0-0. Trochidae Gastropod genera {{Trochidae-stub