''Prothalotia'' is a
genus
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of
sea snails,
marine gastropod mollusk
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s in the subfamily
Cantharidinae of the
family
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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 resemb ...
, the top snails.
Distribution
The species in this genus occurs off
Japan and
Australia.
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''
(Crosse, 1864)
* ''
Prothalotia suturalis''
(Adams, 1853)
The Indo-Pacific Molluscan Database also includes the following species with names in current use :
* ''
Prothalotia pyrgos''
Philippi, 1849
* ''
Prothalotia serpentina''
(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
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