''Cyrillia'' is a
genus
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of
sea snails, marine
gastropod mollusk
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s in the
family
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Raphitomidae
Raphitomidae is a family of small to medium-sized sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the superfamily Conoidea.Bouchet P. & Rocroi J.-P. (Ed.) (2005). "Classification and nomenclator of gastropod families". '' Malacologia'' 47(1-2). . 3 ...
.
[MolluscaBase (2019). MolluscaBase. Cyrillia Kobelt, 1905. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=578680 on 2019-11-24]
Description
The shells are rather small (5 to 10 mm), showing a reticulate structure. The
aperture
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An ...
is piriform. The outer
lip
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is slightly crenulate, within incrassate and distinctly denticulate.
Kobelt, W. (1887-1908). ''Iconographie der schalentragenden europäischen Meeresconchylien. 1: 1-171'' pl. 1-28 [1887]. Part 2: 1-16 pl. 29-32 [1888] 17-40 pl. 33-38 [1889] 41-104 pl. 39-50 [1900] 105-139 pl. 51-58 [1901]. Part 3: 1-24 pl. 59-62 [1902] 25-200 pl. 63-78 [1903] 201-272 pl. 79-84, 86-87 [1904] 273-406 [1905]. Part 4: 1-80 pl. 99-114 [1906] 81-172 pl. 115-126 [1908].
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Species
* ''Cyrillia aequalis
''Cyrillia aequalis'' is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Raphitomidae.MolluscaBase (2019). MolluscaBase. Cyrillia aequalis (Jeffreys, 1867). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: http://marines ...
'' (Jeffreys, 1867)
* ''Cyrillia ephesina
''Cyrillia ephesina'' is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Raphitomidae
Raphitomidae is a family of small to medium-sized sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the superfamily Conoidea.Bouchet P. & Ro ...
'' (Pusateri, Giannuzzi-Savelli & Stahlschmidt, 2017)
* † ''Cyrillia georgesi
''Cyrillia georgesi'' is an extinct species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Raphitomidae.MolluscaBase eds. (2021). MolluscaBase. Cyrillia georgesi (Ceulemans, Van Dingenen & Landau, 2018) †. Accessed through: World Re ...
'' (Ceulemans, Van Dingenen & Landau, 2018)
* ''Cyrillia kabuli
''Cyrillia kabuli'' is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Raphitomidae.MolluscaBase (2019). MolluscaBase. Cyrillia kabuli (Rolán, Otero-Schmitt & F. Fernandes, 1998). Accessed through: World Register of Marine S ...
'' (Rolán, Otero-Schmitt & F. Fernandes, 1998)
* ''Cyrillia linearis
''Cyrillia linearis'' is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Raphitomidae.MolluscaBase (2019). MolluscaBase. Cyrillia linearis (Montagu, 1803). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: http://www.mar ...
'' (Montagu, 1803)
* † ''Cyrillia michalidesi
''Cyrillia'' is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Raphitomidae.MolluscaBase (2019). MolluscaBase. Cyrillia Kobelt, 1905. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php ...
'' Landau, Van Dingenen & Ceulemans, 2020
* ''Cyrillia obesa
''Cyrillia obesa'' is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Raphitomidae
Raphitomidae is a family of small to medium-sized sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the superfamily Conoidea.Bouchet P. & Rocro ...
'' (Høisæter, 2016)
* ''Cyrillia zamponorum
''Cyrillia zamponorum'' is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Raphitomidae.MolluscaBase eds. (2020). MolluscaBase. Cyrillia zamponorum (Horro, Gori & Rolán, 2019). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Spec ...
'' (Horro, Gori & Rolán, 2019)
References
External links
Smith E.H. (1967). ''Two new species of British turrids''. The Veliger. 10(1): 1-4
Monterosato T. A. (di) (1884). Nomenclatura generica e specifica di alcune conchiglie mediterranee. Palermo, Virzi, 152 pp
Fassio, G.; Russini, V.; Pusateri, F.; Giannuzzi-Savelli, R.; Høisæter, T.; Puillandre, N.; Modica, M. V.; Oliverio, M. (2019). An assessment of Raphitoma and allied genera (Neogastropoda: Raphitomidae). Journal of Molluscan Studies
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Raphitomidae
Gastropod genera