Cantharidus
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Cantharidus, common name the kelp shells, is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod molluscs of the family Trochidae, the top shells.[2]
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Cantharidus | |
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A shell of Cantharidus opalus opalus | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Mollusca |
Class: | Gastropoda |
Subclass: | Vetigastropoda |
Order: | Trochida |
Superfamily: | Trochoidea |
Family: | Trochidae |
Genus: | Cantharidus Montfort, 1810[1] |
Type species | |
Trochus iris Montfort, P.D. de, 1810 | |
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