''Cyrillia'' is a

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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 ...

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Raphitomidae Raphitomidae is a Family (biology), family of small to medium-sized sea snails, marine (ocean), marine gastropod mollusks in the superfamily Conoidea.Bouchet P. & Rocroi J.-P. (Ed.) (2005). "Classification and nomenclator of gastropod families" ...

.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

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is piriform. The outer

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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'' (Jeffreys, 1867) * '' Cyrillia ephesina'' (Pusateri, Giannuzzi-Savelli & Stahlschmidt, 2017) * † '' Cyrillia georgesi'' (Ceulemans, Van Dingenen & Landau, 2018) * '' Cyrillia kabuli'' (Rolán, Otero-Schmitt & F. Fernandes, 1998) * '' Cyrillia linearis'' (Montagu, 1803) * † '' Cyrillia michalidesi'' Landau, Van Dingenen & Ceulemans, 2020 * '' Cyrillia obesa'' (Høisæter, 2016) * '' Cyrillia zamponorum'' (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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