Crassicantharus is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Dolicholatiridae.
Species
Species within the genus Crassicantharus include:
- Crassicantharus aureatus <small>Fraussen & Stahlschmidt, 2015</small>
- Crassicantharus beslui <small>Fraussen & Stahlschmidt, 2015</small>
- Crassicantharus boutetorum <small>Fraussen & Stahlschmidt, 2015</small>
- Crassicantharus feoides <small>Fraussen & Stahlschmidt, 2015</small>
- Crassicantharus letourneuxi <small>Fraussen & Stahlschmidt, 2015</small>
- Crassicantharus magnificus <small>Fraussen & Stahlschmidt, 2015</small>
- Crassicantharus metallicus <small>Fraussen & Stahlschmidt, 2015</small>
- Crassicantharus mirabelkarinae <small>Cossignani, 2015</small>
- Crassicantharus nexus <small>Fraussen & Stahlschmidt, 2015</small>
- Crassicantharus norfolkensis <small>Ponder, 1972</small> - type species of the genus Crassicantharus
- Crassicantharus noumeensis <small>(Crosse, 1870)</small> - Fraussen & Stahlschmidt (2015) classified this species as Turbinella noumeensis <small>Crosse, 1870</small>.
- Crassicantharus perlatus <small>Fraussen & Stahlschmidt, 2015</small>
Similar species:
- Fusus lincolnensis <small>Crosse & Fischer, 1865</small> also possibly belong to the genus Crassicantharus.
References
- 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): 249âÂÂ265. 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