Cantharus (gastropod)

Cantharus is a genus of sea snails in the family Pisaniidae.^[1][2]

Cantharus
Shell of Cantharus bolivianus (syntype at MNHN, Paris)
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Subclass:	Caenogastropoda
Order:	Neogastropoda
Family:	Pisaniidae
Genus:	Cantharus Röding, 1798[1]
Type species
Buccinum tranquebaricum Gmelin, 1791
Synonyms[2]
Tritonidea (Cantharus) Röding, 1798 †Zeapollia Finlay, 1926

Taxonomy

This genus was previously placed in family Fasciolariidae by some authors.^{[citation needed]} The genus is sometimes split into subgenera.^[2]

Species

As of 2020^[update], the World Register of Marine Species accepts 14 extant and 1 extinct species in the genus Cantharus:^[2]

• †Cantharus acuticingulatus (Suter, 1917)
• Cantharus berryi McLean, 1970
• Cantharus bolivianus (Souleyet, 1852)
• Cantharus cecillei (Philippi, 1844)
• Cantharus erythrostoma (Reeve, 1846)
• Cantharus leucotaeniatus Kosuge, 1985
• Cantharus melanostoma (G.B. Sowerby I, 1825)
• Cantharus petwayae Poppe, Tagaro & Goto, 2018
• Cantharus rehderi Berry, 1962
• Cantharus salalahensis Cossignani, 2017
• Cantharus septemcostatus Vermeij & Bouchet, 1998
• Cantharus spiralis Gray, 1839
• Cantharus tranquebaricus (Gmelin, 1791)
• Cantharus vermeiji Fraussen, 2008
• Cantharus vezzarochristofei Cossignani, 2017

Cantharus elegans (Griffith & Pidgeon, 1834) is present in some databases,^[3] but not the World Register of Marine Species.^[2]

Cantharus porcatus H. Adams & A. Adams, 1864 is listed as a taxon inquirendum in the World Register of Marine Species.^[2]