''Cyrtulus'' is a
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of
sea snails,
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gastropod mollusk
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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.
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, the spindle snails, the tulip snails and their allies.
Species
Species within the genus ''Cyrtulus'' include:
* ''
Cyrtulus bountyi''
(Rehder & B. R. Wilson, 1975)
* ''
Cyrtulus galatheae''
(Powell, 1967)
* ''
Cyrtulus genticus
''Cyrtulus genticus'' is a species of predatory sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Fasciolariidae, the spindle snails and tulip snails. MolluscaBase eds. (2020). MolluscaBase. Cyrtulus genticus (Iredale, 1936). Accessed through ...
''
(Iredale, 1936)
* ''
Cyrtulus kilburni''
(Hadorn, 1999)
* ''
Cyrtulus mauiensis''
(Callomon & Snyder, 2006)
* ''
Cyrtulus serotinus
''Cyrtulus serotinus'' is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod
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''
Hinds, 1843
* ''
Cyrtulus similis''
(Baird, 1873)
* ''
Cyrtulus undatus''
(Gmelin, 1791)
References
* Callomon P., & Snyder, M.A., 2006. On the genus Fusinus in Japan II: F. undatus, F. similis and related Pacific taxa, with the description of F. mauiensis n. sp. (Gastropoda: Fasciolariidae). Venus 65(3): 177-191
* Vermeij G.J. & Snyder M.A. (2018). Proposed genus-level classification of large species of Fusininae (Gastropoda, Fasciolariidae). Basteria. 82(4-6): 57-82
External links
Hinds R.B. (1843). Descriptions of new shells from the collection of Captain Sir Edward Belcher, R.N., C.B. Annals and Magazine of Natural History. 11: 255-257Couto D., Bouchet P., Kantor Yu.I., Simone L.R.L. & Giribet G. (2016). A multilocus molecular phylogeny of Fasciolariidae (Neogastropoda: Buccinoidea). Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution. 99: 309-322.
Gastropod genera
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