{{Short description|Genus of gastropods}} {{Automatic taxobox | image = Prothalotia lehmanni 002.jpg | image_caption = ''Prothalotia ramburi'' | taxon = Prothalotia | authority = Thiele, 1930 <ref>Thiele, 1930, Die Fauna Südwest-Australiens, 5, Lief. 8: 566</ref> | synonyms_ref = | synonyms = ''Cantharidus (Prothalotia)'' <small>Thiele, 1930</small> (original rank) | type_species = ''Trochus flindersi'' <small>P. Fischer, 1878</small> | display_parents= 3 }}
'''''Prothalotia''''' is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the subfamily Cantharidinae of the family Trochidae, the top snails.<ref name="WoRMS">{{WRMS species|456495|''Prothalotia'' Thiele, 1930||1 December 2012}}</ref>
==Distribution== The species in this genus occurs off Japan and Australia.
==Species== Species within the genus ''Prothalotia'' include: * ''Prothalotia chlorites'' <small>(Philippi, 1846)</small> * ''Prothalotia flindersi'' <small>(Fischer, 1878)</small> * ''Prothalotia lehmanni'' <small>(Menke, 1843)</small> * ''Prothalotia lesueuri'' <small>Fischer, 1880</small> * ''Prothalotia porteri'' <small>(Iredale, 1940)</small> * ''Prothalotia pulcherrima'' <small>(W. Wood, 1828)</small> * ''Prothalotia ramburi'' <small>(Crosse, 1864)</small> * ''Prothalotia suturalis'' <small>(Adams, 1853)</small>
The Indo-Pacific Molluscan Database also includes the following species with names in current use :<ref>[http://clade.ansp.org/obis/search.php/6619 OBIS : Prothalotia]</ref> * ''Prothalotia pyrgos'' <small>Philippi, 1849</small> * ''Prothalotia serpentina'' <small>(Quoy in Kiener, 1859)</small>
;Species brought into synonymy: * ''Prothalotia baudini'' <small>(Fischer, 1878)</small>: synonym of ''Calthalotia baudini'' <small>(P. Fischer, 1878)</small> * ''Prothalotia boninensis'' <small>Okutani, 2001</small>:<ref>{{WRMS species|457989|''Prothalotia boninensis'' Okutani, 2001||1 May 2010}}</ref> synonym of ''Kanekotrochus boninensis'' <small>(Okutani, 2001)</small> * ''Prothalotia comtessi'' <small>Iredale, 1931</small>: synonym of ''Calthalotia comtessi'' <small>(Iredale, 1931)</small> * ''Prothalotia nitens'' <small>Kiener, L.C., 1859</small>: synonym of ''Prothalotia lehmanni'' <small>(Menke, 1843)</small> * ''Prothalotia pulcherrimus'' <small>(Wood, 1828)</small>: synonym of ''Cantharidus pulcherrimus'' <small>(Wood, 1828)</small> * ''Prothalotia strigata'' <small>(Adams, 1853)</small>: synonym of ''Calthalotia strigata'' <small>(A. Adams, 1853)</small> * ''Prothalotia sulcosa'' <small>Adams, A., 1851</small>: synonym of ''Prothalotia lehmanni'' <small>(Menke, 1843)</small>
==References== {{Commons category|Prothalotia}} {{Reflist}} * Cotton, B.C., 1959. ''South Australian Mollusca. Archaeogastropoda''. Govt. Printer, Adelaide * Iredale, T. & McMichael, D.F., 1962 [31/Dec/1962]. ''A reference list of the marine Mollusca of New South Wales''. Mem. Aust. Mus., 11:0-0.
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Category:Prothalotia Category:Trochidae Category:Gastropod genera
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