Cyrtulus genticus

Cyrtulus genticus is a species of predatory sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Fasciolariidae, the spindle snails and tulip snails. [1]

Cyrtulus genticus
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Mollusca
Class:
Gastropoda
(unranked):
clade Caenogastropoda
clade Hypsogastropoda
clade Neogastropoda
Superfamily:
Buccinoidea
Family:
Fasciolariidae
Subfamily:
Fusininae
Genus:
Cyrtulus
Species:
C. genticus
Binomial name
Cyrtulus genticus
(Iredale, 1936)
Synonyms
  • Colus genticus Iredale, 1936 (original combination)
  • Fusinus genticus (Iredale, 1936)

Distribution

This species occurs in the Tasman Sea off Australia.

References
  1. MolluscaBase eds. (2020). MolluscaBase. Cyrtulus genticus (Iredale, 1936). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1318011 on 2020-12-01
  • Powell A W B, New Zealand Mollusca, William Collins Publishers Ltd, Auckland, New Zealand 1979 ISBN 0-00-216906-1
  • 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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