''Cytharomorula'' is a
genus
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of
sea snail
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s,
marine gastropod
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This class comprises snails and slugs from saltwater, freshwater, and fro ...
mollusk
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s in the
family
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Muricidae
Muricidae is a large and varied taxonomic family of small to large predatory sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks, commonly known as murex snails or rock snails. With over 1,700 living species, the Muricidae represent almost 10% of the Neog ...
, the murex snails or rock snails.
Species
Species within the genus ''Cytharomorula'' include:
* ''
Cytharomorula absidata''
Houart, Zuccon & Puillandre, 2019
* ''
Cytharomorula ambonensis
''Cytharomorula ambonensis'' is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Muricidae
Muricidae is a large and varied taxonomic family of small to large predatory sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks, commonly known ...
''
(Houart, 1996)
* ''
Cytharomorula arta''
Houart, Zuccon & Puillandre, 2019
* ''
Cytharomorula benedicta''
(Melvill & Standen, 1895)
* ''
Cytharomorula danigoi''
Houart, 1995
* ''
Cytharomorula dollfusi''
(Lamy, 1938)
* ''
Cytharomorula elegantula''
Houart, Zuccon & Puillandre, 2019
* ''
Cytharomorula fatuhivaensis''
Houart, Zuccon & Puillandre, 2019
* ''
Cytharomorula grayi''
(Dall, 1889)
* ''
Cytharomorula lefevreiana''
(Tapparone-Canefri, 1880)
* ''
Cytharomorula manusuduirauti''
Houart, Zuccon & Puillandre, 2019
* ''
Cytharomorula ornamentata''
(Houart, 1995)
* ''
Cytharomorula paucimaculata''
(Sowerby III, 1903)
* ''
Cytharomorula pinguis''
Houart, 1995
* ''
Cytharomorula severnsi''
Houart, 2020
* ''
Cytharomorula springsteeni''
Houart, 1995
* ''
Cytharomorula vexillum''
Kuroda, 1953
;Species brought into synonymy:
* ''Cytharomorula pleurotomoides''
(Reeve, 1845): synonym of ''
Orania pleurotomoides''
(Reeve, 1845)
References
* Kuroda, T. (1953) New genera and species of Japanese Gastropoda (1). Venus, 17, 179–185
* Houart R., Zuccon D. & Puillandre N. (2019). Description of new genera and new species of Ergalataxinae (Gastropoda: Muricidae). Novapex. 20 (Hors série 12): 1-52.
Ergalataxinae
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