''Prothalotia'' is a
genus
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of
sea snail
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s,
marine gastropod
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This class comprises snails and slugs from saltwater, freshwater, and fro ...
mollusk
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s in the subfamily
Cantharidinae
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of the
family
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Trochidae
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, the top snails.
Distribution
The species in this genus occurs off
Japan
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and
Australia
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.
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''
(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
''Prothalotia'' is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the subfamily Cantharidinae of the family Trochidae, the top snails.
Distribution
The species in this genus occurs off Japan and Australia
Australia, officially th ...
''
(Quoy in Kiener, 1859)
;Species brought into synonymy:
* ''Prothalotia baudini''
(Fischer, 1878): synonym of ''
Calthalotia baudini''
(P. Fischer, 1878)
* ''
Prothalotia boninensis''
Okutani, 2001:
synonym of ''
Kanekotrochus boninensis''
(Okutani, 2001)
* ''Prothalotia comtessi''
Iredale, 1931: synonym of ''
Calthalotia comtessi''
(Iredale, 1931)
* ''Prothalotia nitens''
Kiener, L.C., 1859: synonym of ''
Prothalotia lehmanni''
(Menke, 1843)
* ''Prothalotia pulcherrimus''
(Wood, 1828): synonym of ''
Cantharidus pulcherrimus''
(Wood, 1828)
* ''Prothalotia strigata''
(Adams, 1853): synonym of ''
Calthalotia strigata''
(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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