Prothalotia

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Kingdom Animalia Class Gastropoda Superfamily Trochoidea Rank Genus		Phylum Mollusca Clade Vetigastropoda Family Trochidae

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Prothalotia is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Trochidae, the top snails.

Distribution

The species in this genus occurs off Japan and Australia.

Species within the genus Prothalotia include:

Prothalotia boninensis Okutani, 2001

Prothalotia chlorites (Philippi, 1846)

Prothalotia flindersi (Fischer, 1878)

Prothalotia lehmanni (Menke, 1843)

Prothalotia lesueuri Fischer, 1880

Prothalotia porteri (Iredale, 1940)

Prothalotia ramburi (Crosse, 1864)

Prothalotia strigata (Adams, 1853)

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 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 sulcosa Adams, A., 1851: synonym of Prothalotia lehmanni (Menke, 1843)

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