Prothalotia
Prothalotia is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the subfamily Cantharidinae of the family Trochidae, the top snails.[2]
| Prothalotia | |
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| Prothalotia ramburi | |
| Scientific classification  | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota | 
| Kingdom: | Animalia | 
| Phylum: | Mollusca | 
| Class: | Gastropoda | 
| Subclass: | Vetigastropoda | 
| Order: | Trochida | 
| Superfamily: | Trochoidea | 
| Family: | Trochidae | 
| Subfamily: | Cantharidinae | 
| Genus: | Prothalotia Thiele, 1930 [1]  | 
| Type species | |
| Trochus flindersi P. Fischer, 1878 | |
| Synonyms | |
| 
 Cantharidus (Prothalotia) Thiele, 1930 (original rank)  | |
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 :[3]
- Prothalotia pyrgos Philippi, 1849
 - Prothalotia serpentina (Quoy in Kiener, 1859)
 
- Species brought into synonymy
 
- Prothalotia baudini (Fischer, 1878): synonym of Calthalotia baudini (P. Fischer, 1878)
 - Prothalotia boninensis Okutani, 2001:[4] 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
    
- Thiele, 1930, Die Fauna Südwest-Australiens, 5, Lief. 8: 566
 - Prothalotia Thiele, 1930. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 1 December 2012.
 - OBIS : Prothalotia
 - 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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