''Charitodoron'' is a
genus
Genus (; : genera ) is a taxonomic rank above species and below family (taxonomy), family as used in the biological classification of extant taxon, living and fossil organisms as well as Virus classification#ICTV classification, viruses. In bino ...
of
sea snail
Sea snails are slow-moving marine (ocean), marine gastropod Mollusca, molluscs, usually with visible external shells, such as whelk or abalone. They share the Taxonomic classification, taxonomic class Gastropoda with slugs, which are distinguishe ...
s,
marine gastropod
Gastropods (), commonly known as slugs and snails, belong to a large Taxonomy (biology), taxonomic class of invertebrates within the phylum Mollusca called Gastropoda ().
This class comprises snails and slugs from saltwater, freshwater, and fro ...
mollusk
Mollusca is a phylum of protostomic invertebrate animals, whose members are known as molluscs or mollusks (). Around 76,000 extant species of molluscs are recognized, making it the second-largest animal phylum after Arthropoda. The ...
s in the
family
Family (from ) is a Social group, group of people related either by consanguinity (by recognized birth) or Affinity (law), affinity (by marriage or other relationship). It forms the basis for social order. Ideally, families offer predictabili ...
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