''Pustulatirus'' 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 subfamoly
Peristerninae of 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 ''Pustulatirus'' include:
* ''
Pustulatirus attenuatus''
(Reeve, 1847)
* ''
Pustulatirus biocellatus''
Lyons & Snyder, 2013
* ''
Pustulatirus eppi''
(Melvill, 1891)
* ''
Pustulatirus hemphilli''
(Hertlein & Strong, 1951)
* ''
Pustulatirus mediamericanus''
(Hertlein & Strong, 1951)
* ''
Pustulatirus ogum''
(Petuch, 1979)
* ''
Pustulatirus praestantior''
(Melvill, 1892)
* ''
Pustulatirus sanguineus''
(Wood, 1828)
* ''
Pustulatirus utilaensis''
Lyons & Snyder, 2013
* ''
Pustulatirus virginensis''
(Abbott, 1958)
* ''
Pustulatirus watermanorum''
Lyons & Snyder, 2013
;Species brought into synonymy:
* ''Pustulatirus annulatus''
(Röding, 1798): synonym of ''
Pustulatirus virginensis''
(Abbott, 1958)
References
External links
Vermeij, G. J. & Snyder, M. A. (2006). Shell characters and taxonomy of Latirus and related fasciolariid groups. Journal of Molluscan Studies. 72(4): 413-424Lyons, W. G.; Snyder, M. A. (2013). The Genus Pustulatirus Vermeij and Snyder, 2006 (Gastropoda: Fasciolariidae: Peristerniinae) in the Western Atlantic, with Descriptions of Three New Species. Zootaxa. 3636(1): 35
Fasciolariidae
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