Cantharus (gastropod)
| Cantharus | |
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| Shell of Cantharus bolivianus (syntype at MNHN, Paris) | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
| Order: | Neogastropoda |
| Family: | Pisaniidae |
| Genus: | Cantharus Röding, 1798 |
| Type species | |
| Buccinum tranquebaricum Gmelin, 1791
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Cantharus is a genus of marine gastropod molluscs in the family Pisaniidae. Members of the genus are medium-sized sea snails characterised by solid, often ovate shells with a short siphonal canal.