| Cantharus | |
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| 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] | |
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Cantharus is a genus of sea snails in the family Pisaniidae. [1] [2]
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This genus was previously placed in family Fasciolariidae by some authors.[ citation needed ] The genus is sometimes split into subgenera. [2]
As of 2020 [update] , the World Register of Marine Species accepts 14 extant and 1 extinct species in the genus Cantharus: [2]
Cantharus elegans (Griffith & Pidgeon, 1834) is present in some databases, [3] but not the World Register of Marine Species. [2]
Cantharus porcatusH. Adams & A. Adams, 1864 is listed as a taxon inquirendum in the World Register of Marine Species. [2]
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