Cantharidella
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| Drawing with three views of a shell of Cantharidella picturata | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Vetigastropoda |
| Order: | Trochida |
| Superfamily: | Trochoidea |
| Family: | Trochidae |
| Genus: | Cantharidella Pilsbry, 1889 |
| Type species | |
| Gibbula picturata A. Adams & Angas, 1864
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Cantharidella is a genus of small sea snails, marine gastropod molluscs in the subfamily Trochinae of the family Trochidae, the top snails.[1]
Description
[edit]This genus consists of small forms with much the aspect of tiny Cantharidus. They are usually polished, narrowly or not perforate. The shell is conical, and elongated.[2]
Distribution
[edit]This genus of marine species occurs off India, Sri Lanka, the Philippines and Australia (New South Wales, South Australia, Tasmania, Victoria, Western Australia).
Species
[edit]Species within the genus Cantharidella include:
- Cantharidella balteata (Philippi, 1849)
- Cantharidella beachportensis Cotton & Godfrey, 1934
- Cantharidella ocellina (Hedley, 1911)
- Cantharidella picturata (A. Adams & Angas, 1864)
- Cantharidella rottnestensis Verco, 1911
- Cantharidella tiberiana (Crosse, 1863)
- Species brought into synonymy
- Cantharidella aurea Tenison-Woods, J.E., 1876: synonym of Cantharidella tiberiana (Crosse, 1863)
- Cantharidella tesselata Tenison-Woods, J.E., 1878: synonym of Cantharidella tiberiana (Crosse, 1863)
- Cantharidella tesselata (A. Adams, 1853): synonym of Cantharidus tessellatus (A. Adams, 1853)
References
[edit]- ^ WoRMS (2013). Cantharidella Pilsbry, 1889. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=413456 on 2014-01-09
- ^ Tryon (1889), Manual of Conchology XI, Academy of Natural Sciences, Philadelphia
Further reading
[edit]- Powell A W B, New Zealand Mollusca, William Collins Publishers Ltd, Auckland, New Zealand 1979 ISBN 0-00-216906-1
- Miller M & Batt G, Reef and Beach Life of New Zealand, William Collins (New Zealand) Ltd, Auckland, New Zealand 1973