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Cantareus

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Cantareus
Helix mazzullii, synonym: Cantareus mazzullii
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Order: Stylommatophora
Family: Helicidae
Subfamily: Helicinae
Tribe: Otalini
Genus: Cantareus
Risso, 1826[1]
Type species
Helix naticoides
Draparnaud, 1801
Synonyms
  • Cantarelus Pallary, 1929 (unjustified emendation of Cantareus)
  • Helix (Cantareus) Risso, 1826
  • Tapada Gray, 1840

Cantareus is a genus of air-breathing land snails, a pulmonate gastropod in the family Helicidae, the typical snails.[2]

Cantareus is a synonym for the genus Helix.[3]

It contains the following species:

Species brought into synonymy

References

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  1. ^ Risso A. 1826. Histoire naturelle des principales productions de l'Europe méridionale et particulièrement de celles des environs de Nice et des Alpes Maritimes. Tome quatrième. pp. [1–3], j-vij [= 1–7], 1–439, pl. [1-12]. Paris. (Levrault).
  2. ^ MolluscaBase eds. (2020). MolluscaBase. Cantareus Risso, 1826. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=818143 on 25 July 2020
  3. ^ Genus taxon summary for Cantareus. AnimalBase, Last modified 14 November 2006 by F. Welter Schultes, accessed 1 April 2009.
  • Pallary, P. (1929). Première addition à la faune malacologique de la Syrie. Mémoires présentés a l'Institut d'Égypte, 12: 1–43, pl. 1-3. Le Caire.
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