Crassicantharus

Crassicantharus
Crassicantharus noumeensis shell
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
(unranked): clade Caenogastropoda
clade Hypsogastropoda
clade Neogastropoda
Superfamily: Buccinoidea
Family: Buccinidae
Genus: Crassicantharus
Ponder, 1972[1]
Diversity[2][3]
11 species or 12

Crassicantharus is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Buccinidae, the true whelks [4]

Species

Species within the genus Crassicantharus include:

Similar species:

References

  1. Ponder W. (1972). J. malac. Soc. Aust. 2: 262.
  2. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 Fraussen K. & Stahlschmidt P. (2015). "An extensive radiation of the genus Crassicantharus Ponder, 1972 (Gastropoda: Buccinoidea) in French Polynesia, with description of nine new species". Novapex 16(3): 65-80.
  3. Bouchet, P.; Fraussen, K. (2015). Crassicantharus Ponder, 1972. In: MolluscaBase (2015). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=445980 on 2016-06-15
  4. Crassicantharus Ponder, 1972.  Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 30 December 2010.
  5. Crassicantharus norfolkensis Ponder, 1972.  Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 18 April 2010.
  6. Crassicantharus noumeensis (Crosse, 1870).  Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 20 February 2014.

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