''Cyrtulus genticus'' is a

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sea snail, a

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gastropod mollusc 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. The family Fasciolariidae probably appeared about 110 million years ago d ...

, the spindle snails and tulip snails. MolluscaBase eds. (2020). MolluscaBase. Cyrtulus genticus (Iredale, 1936). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1318011 on 2020-12-01

Distribution

This species occurs in the

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off Australia.

References

* Powell A W B, ''New Zealand Mollusca'', William Collins Publishers Ltd, Auckland, New Zealand 1979 * 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

Iredale, T. (1936). Australian molluscan notes, no. 2. Records of the Australian Museum. 19(5): 267-340, pls 20-24
genticus Gastropods of New Zealand Gastropods of Australia Gastropods described in 1936 {{Fasciolariidae-stub