''Cinctura'' is a

genus Genus ( plural genera ) is a taxonomic rank used in the biological classification of living and fossil organisms as well as viruses. In the hierarchy of biological classification, genus comes above species and below family. In binomial n ...

of sea snails,

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gastropod

mollusk Mollusca is the second-largest phylum of invertebrate animals after the Arthropoda, the members of which are known as molluscs or mollusks (). Around 85,000 extant species of molluscs are recognized. The number of fossil species is es ...

s in the

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Fasciolariidae The Fasciolariidae, common name the "tulip snails and spindle snails", are a family of small to large sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the superfamily Buccinoidea. The family Fasciolariidae probably appeared about 110 million years ago d ...

, the spindle snails, the tulip snails and their allies.Bouchet, P. (2012). Cinctura Hollister, 1957. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=446022 on 2012-08-23 Species in this genus were previously grouped in the genus ''

Fasciolaria Tulip snail or tulip shell is the common name for eight species of large, predatory, subtropical and tropical sea snails from the Western Atlantic. These species are in the genus ''Fasciolaria''. They are marine gastropod mollusks in the family ...

''.

Species

Species within the genus ''Cinctura'' include: * ''

Cinctura branhamae ''Cinctura branhamae'' is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Fasciolariidae, the spindle snails, the tulip snails and their allies.Bouchet, P. (2012). Cinctura branhamae (Rehder & Abbott, 1951). Accessed through: ...

'' (Rehder & Abbott, 1951) * '' Cinctura hunteria'' (Perry, 1811) * ''

Cinctura lilium ''Cinctura lilium'', common name the banded tulip, is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Fasciolariidae, the spindle snails, the tulip snails and their allies.Bouchet, P. (2012). Cinctura lilium (Fischer von Waldh ...

'' (Fischer von Waldheim, 1807)

References

* Snyder M.A., Vermeij G.J. & Lyons W.G. (2012) ''The genera and biogeography of Fasciolariinae (Gastropoda, Neogastropoda, Fasciolariidae).'' Basteria 76(1-3): 31-70 Fasciolariidae {{Fasciolariidae-stub