# Prothalotia

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{{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](/source/genus) of [sea snail](/source/sea_snail)s, [marine](/source/marine_(ocean)) [gastropod](/source/gastropod) [mollusk](/source/mollusk)s in the subfamily [Cantharidinae](/source/Cantharidinae) of the [family](/source/Family_(taxonomy)) [Trochidae](/source/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](/source/Japan) and [Australia](/source/Australia).

==Species==
Species within the genus ''Prothalotia'' include:
* ''[Prothalotia chlorites](/source/Prothalotia_chlorites)'' <small>(Philippi, 1846)</small>
* ''[Prothalotia flindersi](/source/Prothalotia_flindersi)'' <small>(Fischer, 1878)</small>
* ''[Prothalotia lehmanni](/source/Prothalotia_lehmanni)'' <small>(Menke, 1843)</small>
* ''[Prothalotia lesueuri](/source/Prothalotia_lesueuri)'' <small>Fischer, 1880</small>
* ''[Prothalotia porteri](/source/Prothalotia_porteri)'' <small>(Iredale, 1940)</small>
* ''[Prothalotia pulcherrima](/source/Prothalotia_pulcherrima)'' <small>(W. Wood, 1828)</small>
* ''[Prothalotia ramburi](/source/Prothalotia_ramburi)'' <small>(Crosse, 1864)</small>
* ''[Prothalotia suturalis](/source/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](/source/Prothalotia_pyrgos)'' <small>Philippi, 1849</small>
* ''[Prothalotia serpentina](/source/Prothalotia_serpentina)'' <small>(Quoy in Kiener, 1859)</small>

;Species brought into synonymy:
* ''Prothalotia baudini'' <small>(Fischer, 1878)</small>: synonym of ''[Calthalotia baudini](/source/Calthalotia_baudini)'' <small>(P. Fischer, 1878)</small>
* ''[Prothalotia boninensis](/source/Prothalotia_boninensis)'' <small>Okutani, 2001</small>:<ref>{{WRMS species|457989|''Prothalotia boninensis'' Okutani, 2001||1 May 2010}}</ref> synonym of ''[Kanekotrochus boninensis](/source/Kanekotrochus_boninensis)'' <small>(Okutani, 2001)</small>
* ''Prothalotia comtessi'' <small>Iredale, 1931</small>: synonym of ''[Calthalotia comtessi](/source/Calthalotia_comtessi)'' <small>(Iredale, 1931)</small>
* ''Prothalotia nitens'' <small>Kiener, L.C., 1859</small>: synonym of  ''[Prothalotia lehmanni](/source/Prothalotia_lehmanni)'' <small>(Menke, 1843)</small>
* ''Prothalotia pulcherrimus'' <small>(Wood, 1828)</small>: synonym of ''[Cantharidus pulcherrimus](/source/Cantharidus_pulcherrimus)'' <small>(Wood, 1828)</small>
* ''Prothalotia strigata'' <small>(Adams, 1853)</small>: synonym of ''[Calthalotia strigata](/source/Calthalotia_strigata)'' <small>(A. Adams, 1853)</small>
* ''Prothalotia sulcosa'' <small>Adams, A., 1851</small>: synonym of  ''[Prothalotia lehmanni](/source/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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