Cantareus

Cantareus is a genus of air-breathing land snails, a pulmonate gastropod in the family Helicidae, the typical snails.

Cantareus
Helix mazzullii, synonym: Cantareus mazzullii
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Mollusca
Class:
Gastropoda
(unranked):
clade Heterobranchia
clade Euthyneura
clade Panpulmonata
clade Eupulmonata
clade Stylommatophora
informal group Sigmurethra
Superfamily:
Helicoidea
Family:
Helicidae
Subfamily:
Helicinae
Tribe:
Helicini
Genus:
Cantareus

Risso, 1826[1]

Cantareus is a synonym for the genus Helix.[2]

It contains the following species:

  • Cantareus apertus - synonym: Helix aperta

The species Cantareus mazzullii is now accepted as Cornu mazzullii.

References
  1. Risso A. 1826. Histoire naturelle des principales productions de l'Europe méridionale et particulièrement de celles des environs de Nice et des Alpes Maritimes. Tome quatrième. pp. [1-3], j-vij [= 1-7], 1-439, pl. [1-12]. Paris. (Levrault).
  2. Genus taxon summary for Cantareus. AnimalBase, Last modified 14-11-2006 by F. Welter Schultes, accessed 1 April 2009.


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