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Cyrtulus

Cyrtulus is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Fasciolariidae, the spindle snails, the tulip snails and their allies.

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Cyrtulus
Cyrtulus serotinus
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Superfamily: Buccinoidea
Family: Fasciolariidae
Genus: Cyrtulus
Hinds, 1843
Type species
Cyrtulus serotinus
Hinds, 1843

Cyrtulus is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Fasciolariidae, the spindle snails, the tulip snails and their allies.1

Species

Species within the genus Cyrtulus include:

References

References

  1. Cyrtulus Hinds, 1843. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 04/18/10.
  2. Cyrtulus serotinus Hinds, 1843. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 18 April 2010.
  • 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
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