Crassicantharus is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Dolicholatiridae.
Snails of this genus are small, and found in the west Pacific.Fraussen K. & Stahlschmidt P. (2015). "An extensive radiation of the genus Crassicantharus Ponder, 1972 (Gastropoda: Buccinoidea) in French Polynesia, with description of nine new species". Novapex 16(3): 65-80.
Species Species within the genus Crassicantharus include:
Crassicantharus aureatus Fraussen & Stahlschmidt, 2015 Crassicantharus beslui Fraussen & Stahlschmidt, 2015 Crassicantharus boutetorum Fraussen & Stahlschmidt, 2015 Crassicantharus feoides Fraussen & Stahlschmidt, 2015 Crassicantharus letourneuxi Fraussen & Stahlschmidt, 2015 Crassicantharus magnificus Fraussen & Stahlschmidt, 2015 Crassicantharus metallicus Fraussen & Stahlschmidt, 2015 Crassicantharus mirabelkarinae Cossignani, 2015 Crassicantharus nexus Fraussen & Stahlschmidt, 2015 Crassicantharus norfolkensis Ponder, 1972 - type species of the genus Crassicantharus Crassicantharus noumeensis (Crosse, 1870) - Fraussen & Stahlschmidt (2015) classified this species as Turbinella noumeensis Crosse, 1870. Crassicantharus perlatus Fraussen & Stahlschmidt, 2015
Similar species: Fusus lincolnensis Crosse & Fischer, 1865 also possibly belong to the genus Crassicantharus.
References
Ponder W.F. (1972). Notes on some Australian species and genera of the family Buccinidae (Neogastropoda). Journal of the Malacological Society of Australia. 2(3): 249–265. page(s): 262 Fraussen K. & Stahlschmidt P. (2015). An extensive radiation of the genus Crassicantharus Ponder, 1972 (Gastropoda: Buccinoidea) in French Polynesia, with description of nine new species. Novapex. 16(3): 65-80