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Cyrtulus genticus

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Cyrtulus genticus
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Family: Fasciolariidae
Genus: Cyrtulus
Species:
C. genticus
Binomial name
Cyrtulus genticus
(Iredale, 1936)
Synonyms
  • Colus genticus Iredale, 1936 (original combination)
  • Fusinus genticus (Iredale, 1936)

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

Distribution

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This species occurs in the Tasman Sea off Australia.

References

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  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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