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| name = Cantareus
| image = Monte Cofano Cantareus mazzullii 0038.JPG
| image_caption = Helix mazzullii, synonym: Cantareus mazzullii
| regnum = Animalia
| phylum = Mollusca
| classis = Gastropoda
| unranked_superfamilia =clade Heterobranchia
clade Euthyneura
clade Panpulmonata
clade Eupulmonata
clade Stylommatophora
informal group Sigmurethra
| superfamilia = Helicoidea
| familia = Helicidae
| subfamilia = Helicinae
| tribus = Helicini
| genus = Cantareus
| genus_authority = Risso, 1826[1]
}}Cantareus is a genus of air-breathing land snails, a pulmonate gastropod in the family Helicidae, the typical snails. Cantareus is a synonym for the genus Helix.[2]It contains the following species: - Cantareus apertus - synonym: Helix aperta
The species Cantareus mazzullii is now accepted as Cornu mazzullii. References 1. ^Risso A. 1826. Histoire naturelle des principales productions de l'Europe méridionale et particulièrement de celles des environs de Nice et des Alpes Maritimes. Tome quatrième. pp. [1-3], j-vij [= 1-7], 1-439, pl. [1-12]. Paris. (Levrault).
2. ^Genus taxon summary for Cantareus. AnimalBase, Last modified 14-11-2006 by F. Welter Schultes, accessed 1 April 2009.
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