''Cruziturricula'' is a
genus
Genus (; : genera ) is a taxonomic rank above species and below family (taxonomy), family as used in the biological classification of extant taxon, living and fossil organisms as well as Virus classification#ICTV classification, viruses. In bino ...
of
sea snail
Sea snails are slow-moving marine (ocean), marine gastropod Mollusca, molluscs, usually with visible external shells, such as whelk or abalone. They share the Taxonomic classification, taxonomic class Gastropoda with slugs, which are distinguishe ...
s,
marine gastropod
Gastropods (), commonly known as slugs and snails, belong to a large Taxonomy (biology), taxonomic class of invertebrates within the phylum Mollusca called Gastropoda ().
This class comprises snails and slugs from saltwater, freshwater, and fro ...
mollusk
Mollusca is a phylum of protostomic invertebrate animals, whose members are known as molluscs or mollusks (). Around 76,000 extant species of molluscs are recognized, making it the second-largest animal phylum after Arthropoda. The ...
s in the
family
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Drilliidae
The Drilliidae are a taxonomic family of small predatory sea snails with high-spired shells. They are classified as marine gastropod mollusks in the superfamily Conoidea.
This family has no subfamilies. It consists of about 30 genera and approx ...
.
[Bouchet, P. (2015). Cruziturricula Marks, 1951. In: MolluscaBase (2015). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=432440 on 2016-08-20]
Species
Species within the genus ''Cruziturricula'' include:
* ''
Cruziturricula arcuata''
(Reeve, 1843)
;Species brought into synonymy:
* ''Cruziturricula panthea''
(Dall, 1919): synonym of ''Cruziturricula arcuata''
(Reeve, 1843)
References
External links
Olsson, Axel A. "Biological Results of the University of Miami Deep-Sea Expeditions. 77. Mollusks from the Gulf of Panama Collected by R/V John Elliott Pillsbury, 1967." Bulletin of Marine Science 21.1 (1971): 35-92WMSDB - Worldwide Mollusc Species Data Base: family Drilliidae
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