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Canthorbis Swainson, 1840
581760 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:581760)
unaccepted > superseded combination
Genus
Trochus imperialis Gmelin, 1791 accepted as Astraea heliotropium (Martyn, 1784) (type by monotypy)
- Subgenus Canthorbis (Pyramidea) Swainson, 1840 accepted as Tectus Montfort, 1810 (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
Swainson, W. (1840). A treatise on malacology; or the natural classification of shells and shell-fish. Longman, London, viii + 419 pp., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/33450 [details]
MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Canthorbis Swainson, 1840. Accessed at: https://www.molluscabase.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=581760 on 2025-09-11
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Swainson, W. (1840). A treatise on malacology; or the natural classification of shells and shell-fish. Longman, London, viii + 419 pp., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/33450 [details]
