Charitodoron is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Charitodoronidae.[1]

Charitodoron
Shells of †Charitodoron tauzini (paratype at MNHN, Paris)
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Superfamily: Mitroidea
Family: Charitodoronidae
Genus: Charitodoron
Tomlin, 1932
Type species
Charitodoron euphrosyne
Tomlin, 1932
Species

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Species edit

Species within the genus Charitodoron include:

Species brought into synonymy
  • Charitodoron aglaia Tomlin, 1932: synonym of Charitodoron agulhasensis (Thiele, 1925)
  • Charitodoron euphrosyne Tomlin, 1932: synonym of Charitodoron barbara (Thiele, 1925)
  • Charitodoron pasithea Tomlin, 1943: synonym of Charitodoron thalia Tomlin, 1932

References edit

  • Lozouet P. (1991) Mollusca Gastropoda : Eumitra récentes de la région néo-calédonienne et Charitodoron fossiles de l'Oligocène supérieur d'Aquitaine (Mitridae). In: A Crosnier & P. Bouchet (eds), Résultats des Campagnes Musorstom 7. Mémoires du Muséum National d'Histoire Naturelle, ser. A, 150: 205-222

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