| Prothalotia | |
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| Prothalotia ramburi | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Vetigastropoda |
| Order: | Trochida |
| Superfamily: | Trochoidea |
| Family: | Trochidae |
| Subfamily: | Cantharidinae |
| Genus: | Prothalotia Thiele, 1930 |
| Type species | |
| Trochus flindersi P. Fischer, 1878 | |
| Synonyms | |
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Cantharidus (Prothalotia) Thiele, 1930 (original rank) | |
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.
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 (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
- 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 . A reference list of the marine Mollusca of New South Wales. Mem. Aust. Mus., 11:0-0.
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