''Cittarium'' is a

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of a sea snails, a

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gastropod

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in the

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Tegulidae Tegulidae is a family of small to large sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the superfamily Trochoidea (according to the taxonomy of the Gastropoda by Bouchet & Rocroi, 2005).Bouchet, P. (2013). Tegulidae Kuroda, Habe & Oyama, 1971. Acce ...

.Rosenberg, G. (2013). Cittarium Philippi, 1847. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=413476 on 2013-12-10

Species

There are two species in the genus ''Cittarium'': * † ''

Cittarium maestratii ''Cittarium maestratii'' is an extinct species of a sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Tegulidae. It is known from Chattian, that is stage of a Late Oligocene. Distribution St-Paul-Les-Dax, Aquitaine Aquitaine ( , , ...

'' Lozouet, 2002 * ''

Cittarium pica ''Cittarium pica'', common name the West Indian top shell or magpie shell, is a species of large edible sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Tegulidae. This species has a large black and white shell. This snail is known as "wil ...

'' (Linnaeus, 1758)

References

* Williams S.T., Karube S. & Ozawa T. (2008) ''Molecular systematics of Vetigastropoda: Trochidae, Turbinidae and Trochoidea redefined.'' Zoologica Scripta 37: 483–506.

External links

Philippi, R. A. (1847). Versuch einer systematischen Eintheilung des Geschlechtes Trochus. Zeitschrift für Malakozoologie. 4: 3-11, 17-26

Montfort P. [Denys de
(1808-1810). Conchyliologie systématique et classification méthodique des coquilles. Paris: Schoell. Vol. 1: pp. lxxxvii + 409 [1808">enys de">Montfort P. [Denys de
(1808-1810). Conchyliologie systématique et classification méthodique des coquilles. Paris: Schoell. Vol. 1: pp. lxxxvii + 409 [1808 Vol. 2: pp. 676 + 16] {{Taxonbar, from=Q5122927 Cittarium, Tegulidae ceb:Cittarium sv:Cittarium war:Cittarium