Crassicantharus

Crassicantharus
Crassicantharus noumeensis shell
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Subclass:	Caenogastropoda
Order:	Neogastropoda
Superfamily:	Buccinoidea
Family:	Dolicholatiridae
Genus:	Crassicantharus Ponder, 1972[1]
Type species
Crassicantharus norfolkensis Ponder, 1972

Crassicantharus is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Dolicholatiridae[2]

Species

Species within the genus Crassicantharus include:

• Crassicantharus aureatus Fraussen & Stahlschmidt, 2015[3]
• Crassicantharus beslui Fraussen & Stahlschmidt, 2015[3]
• Crassicantharus boutetorum Fraussen & Stahlschmidt, 2015[3]
• Crassicantharus feoides Fraussen & Stahlschmidt, 2015[3]
• Crassicantharus letourneuxi Fraussen & Stahlschmidt, 2015[3]
• Crassicantharus magnificus Fraussen & Stahlschmidt, 2015[3]
• Crassicantharus metallicus Fraussen & Stahlschmidt, 2015[3]
• Crassicantharus mirabelkarinae Cossignani, 2015[3]
• Crassicantharus nexus Fraussen & Stahlschmidt, 2015[3]
• Crassicantharus norfolkensis Ponder, 1972 - type species of the genus Crassicantharus[3][4]
• Crassicantharus noumeensis (Crosse, 1870)[5] - Fraussen & Stahlschmidt (2015) classified this species as Turbinella noumeensis Crosse, 1870.[3]
• Crassicantharus perlatus Fraussen & Stahlschmidt, 2015[3]

Similar species:

• Fusus lincolnensis Crosse & Fischer, 1865 also possibly belong to the genus Crassicantharus.[3]

References

1. Ponder W. (1972). J. malac. Soc. Aust. 2: 262.
2. Crassicantharus Ponder, 1972. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 30 December 2010.
3. 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.
4. Crassicantharus norfolkensis Ponder, 1972. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 18 April 2010.
5. Crassicantharus noumeensis (Crosse, 1870). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 20 February 2014.

• Ponder W.F. (1972). Notes on some Australian species and genera of the family Buccinidae (Neogastropoda). Journal of the Malacological Society of Australia. 2(3): 249–265. page(s): 262
• 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