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Cantharus

Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Buccinidae

Taxonomy
Cantharus was named by Röding (1798) [Sepkoski's age data: T Eo R]. It is extant.

It was reranked as Tritonidea (Cantharus) by Vredenburg (1923).

It was assigned to Tritonidea by Vredenburg (1923); to Neptuneidae by Grant and IV and Gale (1931); to Nassariinae by Wilson (1994); to Buccinidae by Oostingh (1935), Turner (1938), Mukerjee (1939), Marks (1951), MacNeil (1960), Sohl (1964), Ladd (1977), Beu et al. (1990), Todd (2001); to Pisaniinae by Vermeij (2001); and to Neogastropoda by Sepkoski (2002).

Species
C. (Calicantharus), C. (Cantharus), C. (Endopachychilus), C. (Eocantharus), C. (Pollia), C. (Zeapollia), C. andoi, C. brongniartianus, C. bucklandi, C. cowlitzensis, C. erythrostoma, C. lugubris, C. luliana, C. martiniana, C. occidentalis, C. perrini, C. polygona, C. sanguinolentus, C. tranquebaricus, C. varicosus, C. variegatus, Tritonidea (Cantharus) speciosa
Species lacking formal opinion data
C. amycus, C. andrei, C. aquitanensis, C. assimilis, C. cancellarioides, C. casteri, C. clarksvillensis, C. cochlearis, C. compressus, C. dorbigny, C. elegans, C. elegantissimus, C. elegantissimus, C. erythrostomus, C. eurythrosyoma, C. exsculptus, C. gemmatus, C. gocevi, C. heberti, C. herberti, C. ickei, C. intermedia, C. janellii, C. johnsoni, C. lemniscatus, C. liratus, C. longulus, C. lulianus, C. magnicostatus, C. marylandicus, C. minutulus, C. multangula, C. multangulata, C. multicostatus, C. multicostatus, C. pauper, C. plicatus, C. polygonatus, C. polygonatus, C. polygonatus, C. predistortis, C. pseudostenomphalus, C. rhombus, C. rubiginosus, C. scissus, C. scrupeus, C. sequinensis, C. subandrei, C. subcostulatus, C. subpusillus, C. undosus, C. undosus, C. varians, C. vasseuri, C. ventricosus, C. viverratus, C. vokesii

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1798Cantharus Röding
1923Tritonidea (Cantharus) Vredenburg p. 72
1931Cantharus Grant, IV and Gale p. 646
1935Cantharus Oostingh p. 81
1938Cantharus Turner p. 79
1939Cantharus Mukerjee p. 55
1951Cantharus Marks p. 387
1960Cantharus MacNeil p. 77
1964Cantharus Sohl p. 373
1977Cantharus Ladd p. 51
1990Cantharus Beu et al. p. 412
1994Cantharus Wilson p. 89
2001Cantharus Todd
2001Cantharus Vermeij p. 296
2002Cantharus Sepkoski

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classGastropoda
RankNameAuthor
subclassCaenogastropoda(Cox 1959)
—Sorbeoconcha(Ponder and Lindberg 1997)
—Hypsogastropoda(Ponder and Lindberg 1997)
superorderLatrogastropodaRiedel 2000
orderNeogastropodaThiele 1929
superfamilyBuccinoidea(Rafinesque 1815)
familyBuccinidaeRafinesque 1815
genusCantharusRöding 1798

If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.

G. Cantharus Röding 1798
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Subg. †Cantharus (Calicantharus) Clark 1938
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†Calicantharus branneri Clark and Arnold 1923
†Calicantharus dalli Clark 1918
Calicantharus fortis Carpenter 1866
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Invalid names: Calicantharus angulatus Arnold 1907 [synonym]
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Invalid names: Cantharus ashleyi Carson 1925 [synonym], Cantharus breaensis Carson 1925 [synonym], Cantharus elsmerensis Carson 1925 [synonym], Chrysodomus arnoldi Rivers 1904 [synonym]
†Calicantharus kernensis Anderson and Martin 1914
Subg. Cantharus (Cantharus) Röding 1798
Subg. †Cantharus (Endopachychilus) Cossman 1889
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†Endopachychilus blakianus Anderson and Hanna 1925
Subg. Cantharus (Pollia) Sowerby 1843
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†Pollia dickersoni Durham 1944
†Pollia huitra Olsson 1931
†Pollia purpuroides Olsson 1930
†Pollia sillapaytensis Olsson 1930
†Pollia suarezi Meunier and Gayet 1996
Subg. †Cantharus (Zeapollia) Finlay 1926
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†Zeapollia brevis Tate 1888
†Zeapollia purpuroides Johnston 1879
†Cantharus andoi Matsubara et al. 2010
†Cantharus brongniartianus Orbigny 1850
†Cantharus bucklandi d'Archiac 1850
†Cantharus cowlitzensis Turner 1938
†Cantharus erythrostoma Reeve 1849
Cantharus lugubris Adams 1852 [ribbed cantharus]
†Cantharus luliana Martin 1884
†Cantharus martiniana Noetling 1901
†Cantharus perrini Dickerson 1915
†Cantharus polygona Lamarck 1803
†Cantharus varicosus Tate 1888
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available