Cantharus
Encyclopedia
Cantharus is a genus
of sea snail
s, marine gastropod mollusks in the family
Buccinidae
, the true whelks.
This genus is placed in family Fasciolariidae
by some authors.
Genus
In biology, a genus is a low-level taxonomic rank used in the biological classification of living and fossil organisms, which is an example of definition by genus and differentia...
of sea snail
Sea snail
Sea snail is a common name for those snails that normally live in saltwater, marine gastropod molluscs....
s, marine gastropod mollusks in the family
Family (biology)
In biological classification, family is* a taxonomic rank. Other well-known ranks are life, domain, kingdom, phylum, class, order, genus, and species, with family fitting between order and genus. As for the other well-known ranks, there is the option of an immediately lower rank, indicated by the...
Buccinidae
Buccinidae
Buccinidae is a very large and diverse taxonomic family of large sea snails, often known as whelks or true whelks.True whelks are mostly marine gastropod mollusks in the clade Neogastropoda...
, the true whelks.
This genus is placed in family Fasciolariidae
Fasciolariidae
Fasciolariidae, common name the "tulip snails and spindle snails", is a family of small to large sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the superfamily Buccinoidea....
by some authors.
Species
Species within the genus Cantharus include:- Cantharus australisCantharus australisCantharus australis is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Buccinidae, the true whelks....
Reeve - Cantharus dorbignyi : synonym of Pollia dorbignyiPollia dorbignyiPollia dorbignyi is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Buccinidae, the true whelks.-Distribution:This species is distributed in European waters, the Mediterranean Sea, the Red Sea and in the Atlantic Ocean along Mauritania.-References:* Vine, P. . Red Sea...
(Payraudeau, 1826) - Cantharus cecillei Philippi, 1844
- Cantharus erythrostomus (Reeve, 1846)
- Cantharus fumosus (Dillwyn, 1817): synonym of Pollia fumosa (Dillwyn, 1817)
- Cantharus lanceola : synonym of Engina lanceolata (Kuroda & Habe, 1971)
- Cantharus leucotaeniatus Kosuge, 1985
- Cantharus melanostomus (G.B. Sowerby, 1825)
- Cantharus septemcostatusCantharus septemcostatusCantharus septemcostatus is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Buccinidae, the true whelks....
Vermeij & Bouchet, 1998 - Cantharus subsinuatus Maltzan, 1884 : synonym of Trachypollia turriculaTrachypollia turriculaTrachypollia turricula is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Muricidae, the murex snails or rock snails....
(Maltzan, 1884) - Cantharus tranquebaricusCantharus tranquebaricusCantharus tranquebaricus is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Buccinidae, the true whelks....
- Cantharus undosus (Linnaeus, 1758) : synonym of ollia undosa]] (Linnaeus, 1758)
- Cantharus vermeijiCantharus vermeijiCantharus vermeiji is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Buccinidae, the true whelks....
Fraussen, 2008 - Cantharus vermeuleni Knudsen, 1980 : synonym of Pollia vermeuleni
- Cantharus viverratus (Kiener, 1834) : synonym of Gemophos viverratus