Prothalotia

Prothalotia is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Trochidae, the top snails.[2]

Prothalotia
Prothalotia ramburi
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Vetigastropoda
Order: Trochida
Superfamily: Trochoidea
Family: Trochidae
Genus: Prothalotia
Thiele, 1930 [1]
Type species
Cantharidus flindersi
Fischer, 1878

Distribution

The species in this genus occurs off Japan and Australia.

Species

Species within the genus Prothalotia include:

The Indo-Pacific Molluscan Database also includes the following species with names in current use :[3]

  • Prothalotia pyrgos Philippi, 1849
  • Prothalotia serpentina (Quoy in Kiener, 1859)
Species brought into synonymy

References

  1. Thiele, 1930, Die Fauna Südwest-Australiens, 5, Lief. 8: 566
  2. Prothalotia Thiele, 1930. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 1 December 2012.
  3. OBIS : Prothalotia
  4. Prothalotia boninensis Okutani, 2001. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 1 May 2010.
  • Cotton, B.C., 1959. South Australian Mollusca. Archaeogastropoda. Govt. Printer, Adelaide
  • Iredale, T. & McMichael, D.F., 1962 [31/Dec/1962]. A reference list of the marine Mollusca of New South Wales. Mem. Aust. Mus., 11:0-0.


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