''Cratidentium'' is a
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of small
sea snails,
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gastropod mollusk
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s in the
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Trochidae
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, the top-snails.
[MolluscaBase eds. (2020). MolluscaBase. Cratidentium K. M. Donald & Spencer, 2016. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=876702 on 2020-09-26]
Species
Species within the genus ''Cratidentium'' include:
* ''
Cratidentium balteatum''
(Philippi, 1850)
* ''
Cratidentium beachportense''
(Cotton & Godfrey, 1934)
* ''
Cratidentium ocellinum''
(Hedley, 1911)
* ''
Cratidentium rottnestense''
(B. R. Wilson, 1993)
* ''
Cratidentium tiberianum''
(Crosse, 1863)
References
* Crosse, H., 1863. ''Description d'espèces nouvelles''. Journal de Conchyliologie 11: 379-386
* Donald K. & Spencer H. G. (2016). ''Phylogenetic patterns in New Zealand and temperate Australian cantharidines (Mollusca: Gastropoda: Trochidae: Cantharidinae): trans-Tasman divergences are ancient.'' Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution. 100: 333-344
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