''Prodotia'' 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 ...
mollusc
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s in the
family
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Prodotiidae
The Prodotiidae are a taxonomic family of sea snails, often known as whelk
Whelks are any of several carnivorous sea snail species with a swirling, tapered shell. Many are eaten by humans, such as the common whelk of the North Atlantic. Mos ...
.
Species
Species within the genus ''Prodotia'' include:
* ''
Prodotia castanea''
(Melvill, 1912)
* ''
Prodotia crocata''
(Reeve, 1846)
* ''
Prodotia iostoma''
(Gray, 1834)
* ''
Prodotia lannumi''
(Schwengel, 1950)
* ''
Prodotia townsendi''
(Melvill, 1918)
;Species brought into synonymy:
* ''Prodotia iostomus''
icaccepted as ''Prodotia iostoma''
(Gray, 1834)
* ''Prodotia naevosa''
(Martens, 1880): synonym of ''
Sinetectula naevosa''
(E. von Martens, 1880) (new combination)
* ''Prodotia shepstonensis''
(Tomlin, 1926): synonym of ''
Sinetectula shepstonensis''
(Tomlin, 1926) (new combination)
References
Prodotiidae
Gastropod genera
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