Cyrtulus Explained

Cyrtulus is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Fasciolariidae, 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: 255-257
• Couto 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.