Cantharidella

Taxobox
name = "Cantharidella"


image_caption =
regnum = Animalia
phylum = Mollusca
classis = Gastropoda
subclassis = Prosobranchia
ordo = Archaeogastropoda
superfamilia = Trochacea
familia = Trochidae
genus = "Cantharidella"
genus_authority = Pilsbry, 1889
subdivision_ranks = Species
subdivision = See text.

"Cantharidella" is a genus of small sea snails, marine gastropod molluscs in the family Trochidae, the top snails.

Range of distribution

This genus is endemic to southern Australia and New Zealand.

hell description

These are small, depressed-turbinate shells, narrowly umbilicated, smooth and polished, often brilliantly coloured and patterned.

pecies

* "Cantharidella balteata"
* "Cantharidella beachportensis" Cotton & Godfrey, 1934
* "Cantharidella blanfordiana" Cotton, B.C. & F.C. Godfrey, 1934
* "Cantharidella ocellina"
* "Cantharidella picturata" Adams & Angas, 1864
* "Cantharidella rottnestensis"
* "Cantharidella tesselata" (A. Adams,1851)
* "Cantharidella tiberiana" Crosse, 1863

References

* [http://www.mollusca.co.nz/checklist/checklist_frameset.htm NZ Mollusca]
* [http://data.acnatsci.org/obis/search.php/6389 OBIS]
* 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