Cantharus (gastropod)

Cantharus is a genus of sea snails in the family Pisaniidae.

Taxonomy
This genus was previously placed in family Fasciolariidae by some authors. The genus is sometimes split into subgenera.

Species
, the World Register of Marine Species accepts 14 extant and 1 extinct species in the genus Cantharus:
 * †Cantharus acuticingulatus (Suter, 1917)
 * Cantharus berryi McLean, 1970
 * Cantharus bolivianus (Souleyet, 1852)
 * Cantharus cecillei (Philippi, 1844)
 * Cantharus erythrostoma (Reeve, 1846)
 * Cantharus leucotaeniatus Kosuge, 1985
 * Cantharus melanostoma (G.B. Sowerby I, 1825)
 * Cantharus petwayae Poppe, Tagaro & Goto, 2018
 * Cantharus rehderi Berry, 1962
 * Cantharus salalahensis Cossignani, 2017
 * Cantharus septemcostatus Vermeij & Bouchet, 1998
 * Cantharus spiralis Gray, 1839
 * Cantharus tranquebaricus (Gmelin, 1791)
 * Cantharus vermeiji Fraussen, 2008
 * Cantharus vezzarochristofei Cossignani, 2017

Cantharus elegans (Griffith & Pidgeon, 1834) is present in some databases, but not the World Register of Marine Species.

Cantharus porcatus H. Adams & A. Adams, 1864 is listed as a taxon inquirendum in the World Register of Marine Species.