Cinctura

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Cinctura
Abapertural view of Cinctura lilium
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
(unranked): clade Caenogastropoda
clade Hypsogastropoda
clade Neogastropoda
Superfamily: Buccinoidea
Family: Fasciolariidae
Subfamily: Fasciolariinae
Genus: Cinctura
Hollister, 1957
Type species
Pyrula hunteria G. Perry, 1811

Cinctura is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Fasciolariidae, the spindle snails, the tulip snails and their allies.[1] Species in this genus were previously grouped in the genus Fasciolaria.

Species

Species within the genus Cinctura include:

References

  1. Bouchet, P. (2012). Cinctura Hollister, 1957. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=446022 on 2012-08-23
  • Snyder M.A., Vermeij G.J. & Lyons W.G. (2012) The genera and biogeography of Fasciolariinae (Gastropoda, Neogastropoda, Fasciolariidae). Basteria 76(1-3): 31-70

Category : Fasciolariidae


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