Prothalotia

Prothalotia is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the subfamily Cantharidinae of the family Trochidae, the top snails.^[2]

Prothalotia
Prothalotia ramburi
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Subclass:	Vetigastropoda
Order:	Trochida
Superfamily:	Trochoidea
Family:	Trochidae
Subfamily:	Cantharidinae
Genus:	Prothalotia Thiele, 1930 [1]
Type species
Trochus flindersi P. Fischer, 1878
Synonyms
Cantharidus (Prothalotia) Thiele, 1930 (original rank)

Distribution

The species in this genus occurs off Japan and Australia.

Species

Species within the genus Prothalotia include:

• Prothalotia chlorites (Philippi, 1846)
• Prothalotia flindersi (Fischer, 1878)
• Prothalotia lehmanni (Menke, 1843)
• Prothalotia lesueuri Fischer, 1880
• Prothalotia porteri (Iredale, 1940)
• Prothalotia pulcherrima (W. Wood, 1828)
• Prothalotia ramburi (Crosse, 1864)
• Prothalotia suturalis (Adams, 1853)

The Indo-Pacific Molluscan Database also includes the following species with names in current use :^[3]

• 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 boninensis Okutani, 2001:^[4] synonym of Kanekotrochus boninensis (Okutani, 2001)
• 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 strigata (Adams, 1853): synonym of Calthalotia strigata (A. Adams, 1853)
• Prothalotia sulcosa Adams, A., 1851: synonym of Prothalotia lehmanni (Menke, 1843)