''Cyrtulus'' is a
genus
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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
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s in the
family
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Fasciolariidae
Fasciolariidae is a family of small to large sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the superfamily Buccinoidea. Species in Fasciolariidae are commonly known as tulip snails and spindle snails.
The family Fasciolariidae most likely appeared ...
, 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''
(Iredale, 1936)
* ''
Cyrtulus kilburni''
(Hadorn, 1999)
* ''
Cyrtulus mauiensis''
(Callomon & Snyder, 2006)
* ''
Cyrtulus serotinus''
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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